Teaching all dogs new tricks

"It took the success of 'Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog' by John Grogan, which has bounded to the top of best-seller lists, to expose a secret not easily given up by dog owners: Their dogs are often bad dogs. 'I held my dog up as the world's worst dog,' Grogan said. 'But I've heard from hundreds and hundreds of people who can match my story point for point.' Marley -- the indelible rascal of a yellow Labrador retriever that placed himself at the core of Grogan's family despite always seeming to have some household object in his jaws or heading down his gullet -- has so resonated with readers that Grogan has received thousands of "that darned dog" letters..."
Source: SeattlePI.nwsource.com, 2/23/2006