How to Raise a Jewish Dog

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	• How to Raise a Jewish Dog Rabbis of Boca Raton Theological Seminary Little, Brown and Company, 2007 - 176 pages average customer review:based on 19 reviews view larger image
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HOW TO RAISE A JEWISH DOG by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman
January 21, 2008

This book was way too funny! HOW TO RAISE A JEWISH DOG is a manual that teaches us all how to raise our dogs Jewish. In Chapter 1, the age-old question is brought up:

"Why is a Jewish Dog different from all other dogs? A Jewish dog has three important traits that an ordinary dog doesn't have: an exaggerated sense of his own wonderfulness, an exaggerated sense of his own shortcomings, and an extremely close relationship with his master."

This is a good indication of what the book is like, and for those who can't see the humor in this, then maybe this isn't the book for you. Filled with photographs and charts, it's a how-to for those who want to raise their dogs Jewish. I also discovered after reading this book that I'm definitely a Jewish woman -wanna be. Very scary, how much my behavior matched those depicted in the book. (My own conversations with Alice our cat, as I go on and on asking her, "Why you do this to me? Why? What did I do to you to make you behave this way?" is a clear-cut example of my Jewishness).

I'm definitely recommending this book to those who can appreciate the humor. It certainly made my day.

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A Smile To Make Your Day

My daughter, who has dogs (her husband trains dogs) was feeling depressed because they had just moved to another state and her responsibilities were piling up. I wanted to raise her spirits, and somehow, things always sound funnier in Yiddish. The book did the trick. Thanks Amazon!

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I Howled!

This book made me laugh on almost every page. And it reminded me of several of my friends and the way they raise their dogs. Unlike the way I raise my dogs, who are the most brilliant, obedient, well-behaved companions you would ever want to sit next to in a Paris cafe -- although, to be honest, they could often use a breath mint.

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How to Raise a Jewish Dog

I laughed and laughed as I read this. My wonderful husband is a lovely Jewish man and we have fabulous Jewish friends who all have dogs. They also share amusing stories of being brought up in their Jewish families that bear a striking resemblance to the training techniques of how to go about raising a Jewish dog. One of our Jewish friends sent us this book. I had my doubts when I saw the title - figured it would be cute for a page or two and then get old. That was certainly not the case. I was unable to put it down until I finished it, and just ordered four copies to share with our friends. A delightful book!!!!!

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Nu? So sit already

Weiner, Ellis and Davilman, Barbara. "How to Raise a Jewish Dog", Little Brown, 2007.

Nu? So Sit Already

Amos Lassen

Just when I thought I had seen books about almost everything, I came across two of the silliest titles yet--"How to Raise a Jewish Dog" and "Yiddish for Dogs". I can't believe that I did not understand that a dog in a Jewish home must be treated differently and feeling somewhat guilty, I took the books and stood in line to pay for them.
It seems that the rabbis of the Boca Raton Theological Seminary, Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman are a bit worried that my Jack Russell Terrorist, Sophie (she has a Jewish name), might be lost to the large doggie Diaspora so I immediately began to read the instructions on how to keep my dog as a member of my faith.
I learned how to use guilt, shame, passive aggression, sarcasm and "conditional unconditional love" in order to strengthen the bond between Sophie and myself (although I thought that a can of food a day was the best way to keep the hound loyal). More than training Sophie, I learned that I also have to be trained and really crazy about my pet. I had trouble with one section of the introduction that states that you do not have to be Jewish to raise a Jewish dog but I cannot understand why a gentile would want to bring a Jewish dog into his house.
So how do you train your dog to be Jewish? The rabbis give us several exercises to try and believe it or not they really work. I just have trouble affording kosher food for the baby and she actually costs more to feed than I do. It is quite embarrassing to mill around the aisles of stores checking to see if the can of dog food says parve or has a "k" in a circle on it. Anyway, on to the exercises.
I learned to make Sophie feel guilty when telling her to sit (which she only does when she is ready, anyway). The rabbis suggest that I tell her to sit like this, "Would it kill you to sit down for one lousy second?" Sophie gave me a look like she was wondering if I had completely lost my mind. When Sophie made a mistake and did her business on the carpet, I was told to say to her, "Fine. Do what you want. I hope you have a nice life". She has yet to use the carpet again as a bathroom.
The rabbis also include a list of advanced commands which proves to be very useful as well as explained to me that sometimes it is necessary to apologize to Sophie if I berate her harshly. G-d forbid she should get a complex. I know Jews with complexes and they are very hard to deal with. I also learned not to tell Sophie to do anything but I should rather ask her to do things and she will feel as if we are a team that cooperates. But the most useful thing to be used in training the hound is the injection of guilt feelings. I had to tell Sophie on several occasions that if she did not do what I asked that I would never speak to her again and she started doing whatever I asked her. Now if I can just train her to "bench licht".

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