gsisk reviewed on 6/13/2010 + 192 more book reviews

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Interesting theories. The author breaks down dogs and people into categories and tries to match them up. This might work if you are interested in pure breeds, but if you are happy with a mutt, all bets are off, anyway. You are to rate yourself on a scale from 1 to 8 on certain characteristics (e.g. friendly, outgoing, tricky, kind ... whatever these things mean to you), based on that you perform some simple calculations, and voila: breed is the dog for you!

He also differentiates between men and women; for example: "Dog Groups that are most preferred by men and women with differing levels of warmth."

I think he tries too hard and overanalyzes things ... It's a book to satisfy your curiosity about certain breeds, maybe, but I still would go by whether I "like" a dog or not.

(He even has a chapter on cats and cat people, but that one is laughable - his dog-bias is just too obvious.)

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