Cassandra’s Reviews > The Loved Dog > Status Update

A good read. Geller does drop names hilariously often, which I found more endearing than annoying. I think the advice here is solid and compassionate and doable. I will apply a general warning for anyone sensitive to descriptions of abuse, both toward human children and dogs. Some of both, but especially the latter, occur throughout.

My mom got me this book ages ago and I always felt guilty for not checking it out. The basic premise seems good so I’m interested in the specifics of Geller’s approach. I don’t know that I’m 1000% sold on Geller’s storytelling style (…in the Introduction, why do we need to know the old lady’s smile is “yellow-toothed” and her English “heavily accented”? 🫤) but we’ll see how it goes.