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Summary: imitation of Karen Salmansohn's hilarious best seller
Review: Back in 1994 I bought a hilarious book by best selling author KAREN SALMANSOHN called HOW TO MAKE YOUR MAN BEHAVE IN 21 DAYS OR LESS USING THE SECRETS OF PROFRESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS... which I LOVED so much I gave it to about 5 girflriends who all loved it too! I was always a hit at parties whenever I gave ms. Salmansohn's book. When I saw thi sbook I was amazed. It sounds exactly like Ms. Salmansohn's book...only not as funny..... I suggest all of you chekc out the original book that Ms. Salmansohn wrote ...and that this writer obviously ripped off and buy that Ms Salmansohn's book instead. The drawing's in HOW TO MAKE YOUR MAN BEHAVE IN 21 DAYS OR LESS USING THE SECRETS OF PROFRESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS are super funny and its a guaranteed good time. Its a classic...so good this author felt the need to imitate it I guess.
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Summary: Fun, entertaining and informative! A MUST read!
Review: Don't be fooled by this clever title. As a dog lover myself, I agree that dogs are WONDERFUL, LOVING and ENTERTAINING creatures, as well as the men in our lives. Even the illustration of the Basset Hound (my husbands breed) looked just like him! Style and creativity come to life on every page. GREAT fun for social gatherings. A must ADD to your own favorite library.
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Summary: My Man is a Dachshund ... but he hates to admit it!
Review: Don't be misled by the title. (I was.) What we have here is a clever, carefully researched, and highly entertaining discussion of various breeds of dogs and the relevance of their dominant personality traits to male human beings. (Were Jeannette Wright to write a sequel, Women Are Dogs, would she suggest any significant differences between genders?) "Men are dogs?" Wright asks. "Not when you consider how wonderful dogs are! Written like a dog breed book, Men Are Dogs compares qualities of men to 42 breeds of dogs." I am among those who have serious doubts about astrology. Differences between and among those "born under the Pisces sign," for example, can be major and numerous. Not so with dogs within each of the 42 species. Contact the owners of (let's say) 100 West Highland White Terriers and they will describe their "Westies" in the same terms. That they refuse to be ignored, for example. After explaining why men are like dogs and then how someone can determine "the right breed," Wright organizes her material within seven Groups: Herding, Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Toy, and Non-Sporting. For each breed within a Group, she discusses Physical Characteristics
Abilities & Interests Training
Social Skills
Type of Woman
Typical [Name of Species] Woman
Famous [Name of Breed] Man Here's a brief sample: "Collie men are very handsome and catch people's eye. They have a friendly, open look about them and a great smile....[They] are excellent at herding people whether they herd them to ideas, places, or philosophies and beliefs. Gentle herders, most people are not aware they are being herded....A collie man is usually easy to train because he wants to please. He is intelligent and knows how to concentrate. The biggest challenge is his desire to relax and do things in his time frame....In a social setting with new people, the Collie man can be very polite and well mannered. He will, however, take his time getting to know someone....The woman for a Collie man will appreciate his intense need to herd; either her or others. She knows he may move at a slow pace when he's not herding....[One Famous Collie Man is] Matt Damon as John Grady Cole in All the Pretty Horses. As a young man, [he] is eager to escape his humdrum life and travel to Mexico. He wants to work on a big cattle ranch, appropriate to a Collie's herding instinct...." You get the idea. Wright is convinced that understanding and considering the dominant characteristics and tendencies of various canine breeds can help a woman to select the most appropriate man for her. Given the fact that approximately half of all marriages in the United States now end in divorce, and about half of those divorces are granted less than two years after the wedding ceremony, obviously some bad decisions are being made. If Wright's book helps to lower the divorce rate or at least reduce the pain and suffering caused by bad relationships, more power to her. She makes no claim whatsoever that her approach is more reliable than, let's say, the Jung-Myers-Briggs typological approach to personality evaluation which measures a person's compatibility with a prospective mate. Although I am aware of the Jung Marriage Test, I have never taken nor even examined it. In my opinion, this book can have substantial practical value IF used as only one of several resources for evaluation, the others including common sense and shared values. Some of the happiest, most enduring relationships I have observed, however, have involved two persons who could not be more different in several significant respects. My guess (only a guess) is that opposites attract because opposites are intrigued by such differences. Key point: They are aware of them. In effect, this is what Wright seems to be saying: "If you become involved with a Doberman Pinscher Man, this is probably what you can expect." Earlier I referred to this book's entertainment value. It really should be prominently placed on a coffee table. Like a "Westie," the book's cover and title refuse to be ignored. Those who pick it up and begin to flip through it will soon become engrossed and inevitably read passages from it aloud. The game is on! In fact there are several which can be played. Game #1: "Which breed do you think you are? Let's see what it says." Game #2: "That's not you. So, what are you? Let's find out." Game #3: "What does it say about the Old English Sheep Dog?" and then identify acquaintances who match up with the description (pages 42-46). Game #4: Sharing responses to items on List 1 and List 2 on page 7. (This exercise could have been the premise for an entire episode of "Sex in the City.") The responses will help determine a woman's level of experience when choosing "the right breed" for her. Certain redundancies (e.g. strong herding instinct) are inevitable because several breeds share one or more dominant characteristics. One minor quibble: An Index should be added to the next edition. In all other respects this book is well-written and handsomely produced. The illustrations provided by Mike McCartney are outstanding. This is indeed "A Woman's Guide to Choosing Her Breed of Man" but men as well as women will enjoy reading it and then sharing it with others.
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Summary: the best book!! two thumbs up!
Review: i LOVE this book! i carried it around with me for a week after buying it and showed it to EVERYONE. its hours of fun and provides a no-pressure format for analyzing men, and loving them for who they are with all their individual issues and quirks. i found every man in my life -- from dad, to my boss, to my brother, to my best friend and my most recent fling!! the quiz is fun, however i have to admit i go more on intuition than quiz results when identifying a man's breed. still, the descriptions are really on-point, and the illustrations are really cute! cheers to jeanette wright! i cant wait for more!!
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Summary: My Man is a Dachshund ... but he hates to admit it!
Review: Those of us who have (and love) dogs understand that different breeds have very different temperments ... and we live with them and love them, knowing that who they are is what we decided to take home with us! Too bad we have a more difficult time using this approach with men ... and often end up trying to change a man to be more like the person we'd prefer being with! This book clears all of this up, and enables a woman to thoughtfully (and playfully!) examine the "breeds" of men to more clearly determine which ones are best for her. And, for those of us who have already chosen, we can use the criteria that Ms. Wright has established to identify our own man ... and understand in a greater way what his needs are, and how to best allow him to exemplify his wonderful attributes in the relationship. I am on a quest to find an example of every breed that is described in this delightful book ... and have already found 18 of them!
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Summary: Amazingly Accurate
Review: When you first read the title, you may think this isn't a serious book but Ms. Wright has done an amazing job of research and I think you will be amazed at how well thought out her profiles are. My wife laughed the whole way through reading my "Bulldog" profile as it was so accurate. Buy this book, you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: rip off my favorite HOW TO MAKE YOUR MAN BEHAVE IN 21 DAYS..
Review: WOW. I just found out that this book here ripped off one of my favorite books I got as a gift...a hilarious little gem of a book by KAREN SALMANSOHN called HOW TO MAKE YOUR MAN BEHAVE IN 21 DAYS OR LESS USING THE SECRETS OF PROFRESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS... which has been around for a while and is kind of famous even. The author's been on CNN talking about it and all kinds of Tv shows...and when I picked it up and saw the super funny illustrations I bought 3 immiedately. One for me, two for friends. I think this author here is not very nice to rip off Salmansohn's best selling HOW TO MAKE YOUR MAN BEHAVE IN 21 DAYS OR LESS USING THE SECRETS OF PROFRESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS...and you should buy the original book instead!! Check out Salmansohn's now...you'll see.
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