A review by suzannetronier
Bad Dog: A Love Story by Martin Kihn

3.0

There is something compelling about the human/dog relationship story and to Kihn's credit, unlike other notable writers (Grogan's Marley & Me & Katz's "Good Dog") at least he works on training the dog and working with her responsibly. He does this while tackling his own behavior problem (alcoholism) and the story is a cursory tale of these two narratives. I really disliked the voice he gave to Hola (referring to him as "Daddy" and his wife as "Mommy-- particularly when the thoughts could never have conceibably belonged to Hola "when is Mommy coming home?" long after "Mommy" has left for example). I cringed whenever these sentences came up and I was amused when many of the traits he attributed to Bernese mountain dogs are simply traits of "dogs." People get very breed centric in their view of dogs, but it's forgivable: they're in love. All in all, a quick, entertaining read.