Helpful Score: 2
This book, Bad Dog by Martin Kihn shows how developing a routine of training his stubborn dog Hola and learning unconditional love have helped pull him away from years of alcoholism and saved his marriage at the same time.
It is not so much a story about Hola, a Bernese Mountain dog as it is a man's struggle with alcoholism. It's also about the destruction of his marriage and the difficult road back to happiness. Unlike the warm-fuzzy happy note of other pet books, Bad Dog is the kind of book that gets written when a skeptical & pessimistic recovering alcoholic decides to train his dog to pass the Canine Good Citizen Test.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Usually, I look for books about dogs & cats and their owner's relationships, but this definitely had a nice twist to it. There is a lot of humor and the author lets it all out in this book as he goes on his journey away from alcoholism and towards bettering his human relationships and a more healthy relationship with Hola.
It is not so much a story about Hola, a Bernese Mountain dog as it is a man's struggle with alcoholism. It's also about the destruction of his marriage and the difficult road back to happiness. Unlike the warm-fuzzy happy note of other pet books, Bad Dog is the kind of book that gets written when a skeptical & pessimistic recovering alcoholic decides to train his dog to pass the Canine Good Citizen Test.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Usually, I look for books about dogs & cats and their owner's relationships, but this definitely had a nice twist to it. There is a lot of humor and the author lets it all out in this book as he goes on his journey away from alcoholism and towards bettering his human relationships and a more healthy relationship with Hola.
