No, I did not think I would ever be rating dog books. But that's before I became a dog person. Now that my family includes two labrador littermate puppies, I need all the help I can get and Cesar is a great place to start. I love watching "The Dog Whisperer," his show on National Geographic where he swiftly demonstrates that most dogs in American are miserable, spoiled, and unstable and of course, it's all our fault. The book outlines the same basic principles as the show and gets you comfortable with the idea that you need to enforce rules, boundaries, and limitations on your dog in order to keep them happy and healthy. He'll teach you to be a good dog owner, but it does take a real investment (i.e. if you're not willing to walk your dog for a minimum of one hour each day, don't have a dog). When faced with two high-energy dogs who really wants to jump up on me every time I arrive home from work and ignore all their commands, Cesar's book seems less like a casual read and more like a survival manual.