Smile!: and other practical life lessons your dogs can teach you (while you are training them)

In "Smile!" shelter veterinarian and popular conference speaker Lynne Swanson pens a positive, practical and proactive self-help book like no other, a study of canine and human psychology at its thought-provoking best.

Wish to solve an issue with your dog? Open to a few life-changing lessons along the way? Smile! is about reducing tension, communicating clearly, leading the way and honoring important species differences. It is about practicing kindness, dumping bad habits and finding happiness. It is about the energy we share and the state of mind behind that energy. It is about teamwork, timing and letting go of things that don't work.

If you don't know what to do about your dog's anxiety, aggression, barking, resource guarding, stranger reactivity, destructiveness, submissive urination or poor manners, or if you equate dog training with frustration and failure, fear not! This book's commonsense, canine-savvy, smile-based approach will be of great help, and it will bring meaning and enjoyment into your life. After all, if you aren't happy, your dog can't give you his best!