Another Dog Book

So during yesterday's snow day I managed to finish How to Understand Men Through Their Dogs by Wendy Diamond. It was a quick read. I'm pretty certain it was reviewed in People or some other magazine awhile back and my mom read about it and found it interesting to pass along to me to add to my list. There is also another title How to Understand Women Through Their Cats by the same author. This one is also on the list but my library doesn't have it for some reason.

The book was cute but not really what I expected. I liked the first chapter which gave a history of dogs particularly as domesticated pets. I also enjoyed the "success stories" chapter which shared cute stories of men proposing to their women using the dogs in their lives. Cute way to propose! The last section of the book is a list of shelters in each state to find a dog to adopt. Excellent to have the list in their but it wasn't very comprehensive.

The middle of the book was where I was bored. The author lists each breed and then describes men who would own that breed. It was a bit boring and way overemphasized. Plus it only had the most popular breeds. Honestly, it was also somewhat degrading to men. I thought the book would be cute and funny about similarities between dogs and men or something along those lines. It was instead overpopulated with the references of men as dogs. I'm a feminist and often a bit bitter about the men who have been in my life, but I still think it was too much. I almost wished the whole book had been cute stories like in the success chapter.

Current Read: Fourteen: Growing up Alone in a Crowd by Stephen Zanichkowsky