I was surprised that this was actually a deck of cards, not a book! I bought four as Christmas gifts (I'm a pet sitter) and was a bit taken aback at the format. It's cute, but I think I'd like it better if it had actually been a book as opposed to a pack of cards. There were some intriguing ideas and anecdotes, though.

This is a great book if you are researching a puppy's heritage or the overall breed's history; however, it does little to instruct Terv owners about exercises, games, and training tips appropriate to this very unique breed

Can you believe it! Order a hardcover book and get a deck of cards! 52 cards have 52 activities - get it? Think about it: only using fine print can the "author" supply even limited instructions for the activities. Where diagrams are really needed, the instructions are text only - and very terse at that. In order to use this product it would be very useful if your kids already know how to perform the activities described. Maybe your kids are like that. If not they can always ask their parents what is meant and you, too, become an author. But, don't expect any royalty checks in the mail. Why? Because, I can't think of any reason to recommend this product to anyone.

As a therapist who works with abused children, I have to say that I am sorry I bought this book and will not use it.

This book is about when children should keep secrets and when they should not. Part of its purpose is to help children protect themselves against sexual abuse, but this aim is not achieved. The author uses the "good touch, bad touch" concept, which experts such as Jan Hindman, author of "Just Before Dawn" strongly discourage. ("Just Before Dawn", by the way, is a great book on sexual abuse, but written for adults, more for therapists than laypeople.) It is not helpful to a child's normal development to label sexual touching as "bad touch". It is especially devastating to the sexual abuse victim who may have had a pleasurable bodily response to the abuse, which is not that uncommon. The "bad touch" concept will make this child feel guilty and bad and even more afraid to tell. It is much better to explain to the child that, except for the doctor, no adult is to touch the private parts of a child.

Another glaring mistake this book makes is that it advises a child to tell anyone who attempts to take their clothes off or touch them in an "uncomfortable way" to say, "No! I'll tell." Tellling a perpetrator "I'll tell" could end up getting the child killed. Of course, the child should tell, but not let the perpetrator know.

Two much better books on this subject for children are "My Body Is Private" and "Your Body Belongs to You".