About the Author

Tamar Geller created, owns, and operates The Loved Dog(TM), Southern California's first cage-free doggy boarding and day care center. An advisor to The Humane Society of the United States, Tamar also works with many rescue organizations, and is the founder of the non-profit program Operation Heroes & Hounds(TM), which champions homeless dogs and wounded military personnel. She lectures on dog behavior at Pepperdine University and speaks at engagements around the country. When she's not taping QVC on the East Coast, Tamar lives in L.A. with her own loved dog, Clyde. Visit her website at www.tamargeller.com.

Reviews

Those familiar with Geller's Loved Dog will find new stories to build on and freshen up its content and approach, though she does include some of the same celebrity dog-training stories. Her friendly, conversational style guides readers to become coaches of their canine friends while drawing parallels to other relationships. She recommends a sequential approach to the interconnected daily chapters (divided into weekly segments, with end-of-week summations), but the detailed contents make it easy to skip around. Shaded text boxes highlight important topics, some of which should be chapters. Geller conveys that 30 days of positive experiences can create the foundation for good habits and an incredible relationship and that most dogs are coachable. An earlier 30-day training guide is Jan Fennell's The Dog Listener: Learn How To Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation. VERDICT The interspersed photos are useful, but they're few and small. The lack of references make it harder to use this as a quick resource. Overall, though, a good introduction to Geller's methods and messages of positive, playful coaching for all dog owners. -Kristine Alpi, North Carolina State Univ. Libs., Raleigh, NC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.