The story of how the author became a dog behaviourist, describing what the job entails and how she has grown in the job and what she has learned along the way

If you've ever said, 'I love dogs, but I hate people', this book is for you. Following the lead of Dr. Nick Trout and Dr. Phillip Schott, who brought readers behind the scenes in busy animal hospitals, Misadventures follows quirky and (eventually) confident McCue-McGrath into people's most intimate spaces, their homes, through a decades long career in dog training and behavior. This part-memoir, part-career guide is the first of its kind to put readers in a behaviorist's seat, feeling the flush of embarrassment when explaining humping to second graders, the shock of finding adult toys on client's countertops, and the stab of anxiety when aggression cases go sideways. This book is more than a day in the life of a dog trainer, but a look at the rapid evolution of understanding canine behavior over the last twenty years.