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The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving: How Dogs Have Captured Our Hearts For Thousands Of Years (2010)

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson(Favorite Author)

3.17 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061771090 (ISBN13: 9780061771095)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Harper

review 1: I'm actually sorry there isn't an option for no stars in this case. Rather than being an examination about the co-evolution of dogs and humans, this is a preachy, touchy-feely, tome that relies on the "well, everybody I know thinks like I do so I must be right" thought process that left me frustrated while reading. The last straw was that the author name dropped the atrocious "Merle's Door" as a wonderful work of art. I should have stopped reading right then. The only good part of this book was the works he briefly mentioned that actually examined the relationships between dogs and humans, so I was able to read something of worth.Stay away from this book.
review 2: Having two deliriously happy labradors in my family, who thoroughly enjoy their walks on the be... moreach, and who love me as much as I love them, meant that I had no trouble relating to Jeffrey's book. I get it. And I enjoyed it as a (mostly) uplifting reminder of the wonder of our relationship with dogs.In saying that, I would have preferred a bit more Desmond Morris-style science throughout the book to keep me interested, and particularly to justify Jeffrey's ideas when they refuted commonly held scientific theories. less

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