Puppy Kisses are Good for the Soul: & Other Important Lessons You & Your Dog Can Teach Each Other

A Welsh Corgi pup named Mail Order Annie honked car horns, vanquished baby gates, schemed after cookies, donuts and room-service sandwiches, starred at STAR TREK conventions...and charmed everyone she met. But charm doesn't mean a puppy won't eat the kitchen walls! Best-selling author-turned-trainer Howard Weinstein tells Annie's story in a truly universal dog book, and shares his hard-won expertise -- Giving new pup-owners training tips and a clear idea of what to expect from life with a wonderful dog, including "Puppy Prep 101" and "Puppy School 202" -- Helping current dog-owners get the most from the human-canine relationship -- Sharing stories to touch the hearts of all dog-lovers. Written with a journalist's eye for truth and detail, a novelist's story-telling skills, and a professional trainer's practical observations and experience... Straight from Annie's heart to yours!

About the Author

Starting with his first Welsh Corgi -- the amazing Mail Order Annie -- Trainer/Canine Behavioral Consultant Howard Weinstein has been learning about and teaching puppies and dogs since 1981.

He is now the proprietor of Day-One Dog Training in Howard County, Maryland. Day-One Dog Training offers both group classes and private at-home sessions. He also presented Puppy Prep 101 through Howard Community College Continuing Education.

He is also an award-winning writer. This is his twelfth book, including three national and New York Times best-sellers.

As a journalist, Howard's articles and columns have appeared in a variety of national publications, including The New York Times, Newsday, The Baltimore Sun and Starlog Magazine.

In the highly competitive New York advertising world, he has won awards from the American Advertising Federation & the Community Agencies Public Relations Association (CAPRA) for writing and producing American Diabetes Association radio public-service campaigns.

In addition to educating pups and their people, Howard has also taught writing classes and workshops at colleges, schools, libraries and conventions for over twenty years.