How to Live with a Dog: Stories and Solutions for Humans with Dog Problems and Dogs with Human Problems
Laurel Saville
May 2026 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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From an award-winning writer turned accidental dog behaviorist, a guide to living with, loving, and training your dog, told through practical advice and stories that warm and wrench the heart
Sparked by primal evolutionary urges and fueled by our common desire for companionship, dogs and humans have found themselves living together in a unique cross-species intimacy. No one knows this better than Laurel Saville, whose deep love for the furry friends in her life led her to a surprise career pivot into training them (and their owners…mostly their owners).
How to Live with a Dog is her exploration into the science, psychology, and emotional heart of the dog/human connection. Through real-life examples from her work as a dog behavior consultant, Saville describes all the ways our relationships with our dogs can go wrong and how to make them right. This book offers deep empathy and pragmatic advice to anyone who wants to:
• figure out why their dog barks, jumps, bites, tugs the leash, or won't return the ball
• help a rescue pup heal from past trauma
• find tips to improve their training methods
• understand what their dog is trying to tell them, or
• simply give their best friend the best life possible.
You’ll pick up How to Live with a Dog to learn about your pet, but put it down having learned plenty about yourself.
Sparked by primal evolutionary urges and fueled by our common desire for companionship, dogs and humans have found themselves living together in a unique cross-species intimacy. No one knows this better than Laurel Saville, whose deep love for the furry friends in her life led her to a surprise career pivot into training them (and their owners…mostly their owners).
How to Live with a Dog is her exploration into the science, psychology, and emotional heart of the dog/human connection. Through real-life examples from her work as a dog behavior consultant, Saville describes all the ways our relationships with our dogs can go wrong and how to make them right. This book offers deep empathy and pragmatic advice to anyone who wants to:
• figure out why their dog barks, jumps, bites, tugs the leash, or won't return the ball
• help a rescue pup heal from past trauma
• find tips to improve their training methods
• understand what their dog is trying to tell them, or
• simply give their best friend the best life possible.
You’ll pick up How to Live with a Dog to learn about your pet, but put it down having learned plenty about yourself.
From an award-winning writer turned accidental dog behaviorist, a guide to living with, loving, and training your dog, told through practical advice and stories that warm and wrench the heart
Sparked by primal evolutionary urges and fueled by our common desire for companionship, dogs and humans ...
About the author
Laurel Saville is an author and dog behavior consultant. She has an MFA in creative writing and literature from the writing seminars at Bennington College and is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer. She's the author of three novels, a memoir, and many other works published in the Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine, House Beautiful, The Bark, and NYTimes.com, among others. She also works with dogs and humans to help them better understand, communicate with, and enjoy each other. Laurel lives in the Pacific Northwest where she and her dog Willow spend a lot of time in the woods looking for truffles and waterfalls.
Laurel Saville is an author and dog behavior consultant. She has an MFA in creative writing and literature from the writing seminars at Bennington College and is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer. She's the author of three novels, a memoir, and many other works published in the Los Angeles Tim...
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