![]() Indeed, one of the best moments in this book occurs towards the end, where Horowitz, mimicking the notorious certitude of the Cesar Millan school of trainers, offers a list called, "What You Need to Be Prepared for Your Puppy. Speaking as the owner of a beloved, but unexpectedly big rescue mutt with reactivity issues, I wouldn't trust Horowitz if she didn't have regrets.Īs anyone familiar with Horowitz's previous books knows, The Year of the Puppy is not a training manual. : Alexandra Horowitz: Books 1-16 of 38 results RESULTS The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves by Alexandra Horowitz 4.6 (119) Hardcover 239928.00 FREE delivery Tue, Jan 17 on 25 of items shipped by Amazon More Buying Choices 18. And, during the months that follow, she confesses to having regrets. So, out of professional curiosity and a perverse desire to add a tiny peeing, pooping, biting, barking, yodeling fur-ball to her family - which then already consisted of husband, young son, two mature dogs, and one cat - Horowitz decides to adopt a puppy. But, as she generously admits in her latest book, The Year of the Puppy, there's plenty she doesn't know. Horowitz is a canine psychologist - an authority on how dogs perceive the world. ![]() ![]() Rogers was to children, Alexandra Horowitz is to dogs: a wise and patient observer who seeks to intimately know a creature who is fundamentally different from us adult humans. on all Childrens Books Alexandra Horowitz Alexandra Horowitz teaches psychology at Barnard College, Columbia University. Lucky puppy, lucky puppy, such a lucky puppy to be adopted by Alexandra Horowitz. ![]()
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