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Summary: Way over the top
Review: In 1998, when I met my husband-to-be, his household included a beautiful German Shepherd. They were a package...marry the man, marry the dog, and so I did. I came to love her as if she was mine all along. We lost our dear girl last summer at 14 years of age...she just didn't have the heart to go on anymore. The months without her passed slowly. Our home wasn't complete without this grand dog. Three weeks ago, we made a 10-hour round trip to an idyllic, remote farm in New York to pick up a puppy, our old girl's great-great-nephew. Why this story in a book review? Suzanne Clothier bred both our dogs. The care she takes in her breeding program is reflected in the care with which she's written the book. Suzanne is a rare talent, infinite in her wisdom and love of dogs. This book moved me to tears, and made me laugh so hard I cried even more. Suzanne...thank you, thank you...for your insight, your commitment to the German Shepherd breed, and for my two friends, Troya and Cash. You're a blessing to all of us with canine children.
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Summary: I was so disappointed, let down
Review: Prior to reading this book I had read quite a few articles of Suzanne Clothier's and they were excellent, so my anticipation and expectations of it were high. 297 pages later, all I felt was disappointment. This book could so easily have been condensed down to less than half this.
(Just to alert some of you, this book is not a how-to guide for raising, training, competing, or just plain living w/ your dog. Although you can gather bits of info about these subjects from the examples/stories she offers.)
Even so, I found it to be very unfulfilling. Suzanne never gets into the mechanics of training your dog. She will target a problem but offer no full solution to that problem and for those (like me!) who have read virtually everything out there dog-related it offered nothing new. I felt I was given jumbled glimpses of Suzanne Clothier's life w/ dogs.
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Summary: A wole new outlook....
Review: As a first time dog owner, I have alot to learn. This book came highly recommended by a local trainer, and I can't believe how much insight I have gained in just a few short weeks since reading it. I am not a religious person, nor do I belong to PETA, but I do love my animals and want what's best for them. This book is a very thought-provoking look at training with understanding and compassion. This is not just another book about training methods......it is much more than that. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a meal. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. This book teaches you how to fish.......how to understand and improve your communication with your dog, and in doing so, you can't help but view some of the "training" you see with different eyes.
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Summary: The "Real" Suzanne Clothier
Review: Bones Would Rain From the Sky is in my opinion, Suzanne's best. The reader is lead to evaluate their relationship with their canine friends. Suzanne leads you to take a good look at what you really want out of your relationship with your dog.
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Summary: BONES WOULD RAIN FROM THE SKY
Review: This book is a total waste of time. The writer obviously has little experience with dog training though she thinks she does. Anyone who has worked more than 10 minutes with a dog knows as much as the author does. The book is very poorly written and difficult to follow; it needs major editing. What a normal person could say in two sentences this author says it over 20 pages. The book, over 300 pages long could be condensed to less than 10 if you weed out the self aggrandizements. This book is useful...as a doorstop!!!
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