I thought this book was very entertaining in the beginning and I rather enjoyed reading it, that's why it got 2 stars inlieu of 1. Many things reminded me of my dog and I actually laughed out loud a couple of times. But this author, who claims to love his dog, does not act the part at the end of the book, and I just don't get his wife at all. Maybe it's because I feel our companion dog's lives are too short and they are like family to me, but I just can't understand this guy. I do not want to say more and give away the end of the book in case you are planning on reading it, but it left me furious with him and I had one word to describe him - selfish! If you love dogs the way I do, you will enjoy the first 1/2 of the book and HATE the second half, and it will be clear to you what I didn't like about it. I REALLY wanted to like it...