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Summary

This Book Will Change Your Dog's Lifeis a radical, transformative, dictatorial antidote to canine self-help manuals. It's for dog-owners everywhere who feel that puppy school is just not enough or that their dogs are getting a bit rut-bound. It offers 365 life-changing challenges for dogs to do with just a bit of human help. For example, one's dog can be a cat for a day, host a bone-tasting evening, or learn to skateboard. One need only follow the instructions, and by the end of the course, human and dog will have successfully subverted the canine stereotype, and Rex (or Roxy) will be able to embark on the next book on his (or her) own. * A quirky, fun book guaranteed to charm dog owners and dog lovers * 365 challenging canine tasks, from the sublime to the surreal * Suitable for any breed * Guaranteed to change a dog's life

Author Biography

Charles diBonio is obviously the kennel name for two authors who would rather not give out their real names. However, one of them is a dog owner and the other loathes self-help manuals, and they are both professionals with several other books to their credit, so their pedigree is long and impeccable.

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Excerpts

Sample entries: Day 23: Host a Bone Tasting Event You don't always choose the same brand of cereal, do you? Today your dog will road test six different bones. Day 41: Bone Origami Your dog has never enjoyed the lost art of bone origami. Today is the first day of the rest of his origami existence. Make the following shapes... cat, fire hydrant, truck. Day 59: Impossible Tricks Today you and your dog will attempt to master one impossible trick. Day 72: Dangerous Dressing Pimp your dog and yourself in matching pink fur and visit your least favorite neighbor. Collar, bow, T-shirt all required. Day 88: Networking When did your dog last make a new friend? It is your duty today to introduce him to one Labrador, two Poodles, and a St Bernard. Numbers must be exchanged. Day 105: Makeover When did you last visit the poodle parlour? Choose today from the following options: poodle perm; mad dog Mohican. Day 119: Doggerel Play doggy charades with your dog as a prop. Act out as many dog expressions as you can from the following. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. It's a Dog's Life. His Bark is Worse Than His Bite. You only score points if a neutral observer can guess correctly. Day 136: Canine Re-enactment Instil a sense of history in your dog by helping him to re-enact great moments from history. Suggestions: the Gettysburg Address, the Apollo Moon landing. Day 147: Retro Walkies Like walkies but backwards; good for both you and your dog. Day 158: Dogstar Photograph your dog in six incidents from your favourite episode of Lassie/Old Yeller/Rin-Tin-Tin, The Littlest Hobo. Stick them on these pages in the holes provided. Day 162: Talk to your dog in his own language