I enjoyed this book. The dog is a Cairn terrier and Annie is part terrier. So lots of little things came into the story that reminded me of my Annie. (Sorry, Larry, Lassie and Dixie.) The author told his life through the dogs he has had up to Flint, a Cairn Terrier/Toto, dog. The author, Staley Coren, is a retired psychology professor. He always wanted to understand what his dogs were saying. Obedience training and figuring out how to get a dog, a stubborn TERRIER, to do as he asked is how he started to understand Flint. If you love dogs, this is a fun, quick book to read. I smiled and laughed throughout the story. Jim is reading it now so I will see what he has to say about the book.