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And just like parents, dog owners can make mistakes too. Most of the negative reviews I've read about this book criticized the author's poor training methods. This book basically chronicles the Marley's life with the Grogan's from puppyhood to his last few breaths. If you pick up this book wanting to read a touching, but very entertaining story about being a dog owner, you've come to the right place. If you pick up this book expecting to learn about how to train your dog, put it down and look for something else. If you pick up this book expecting a unique story, put it down and look for something else. Marley & Me is the predictable and somewhat cliche story about a dog and his owner. This is the first book that has ever, and I emphasize EVER, made me laugh so hard and cry so much. This last incident really validated that opinion. I had already developed a strong dislike for the author's idea of pet care. I can't imagine going on vacation while either of my pets are left, deathly ill, at the vet's office. I then get the impression that he expects us to feel sorrow for his loss. Fortunately he gets back just in time to have Marley put down. What does the author do? He leaves the dog at the vet's office and packs the family into the van for a Disney vacation. During the last few weeks of his life, Marley becomes very sick. * Allowed Marley to escape from a moving vehicle, seemingly finding humor in Marley hanging out a moving car by his collar * Used a choker with zeal, while almost deriving joy from Marley's near self strangulation * Failed to provide Marley with adequate protection from storms which completely terrified him * Failed to seek out a trainer to work with Marley's quirks despite obvious behavioral issues

* Failed to do any research into the breeder * Read nothing about the breed before choosing to adopt a Lab * Decided to get a dog for purely selfish purposes (parental practice) In the half of the book I read, they did the following: More accurately, I think quite a bit of their behavior borders on animal abuse. What really stands out is that the author and his wife are horrible pet owners. Unfortunately, this isn't what I disliked most about the book. Perhaps I would have laughed at some parts of the book if Marley was my dog, or if I at least knew Marley - but he's not, and I don't. For this reason, there are no parts of the book that are truly funny. I have dogs whom I love very much, and often things they do I find to be very entertaining even though others might not derive the same level of enjoyment if I were to tell them all about it. Marley sounds like an amusing guy but I think pets are like kids - you don't get nearly as much joy from people telling you stories about their kids as you do from watching your own. This is a mediocre book written by horrible dog owners.