you know, james thurber said, which is so true, you know, he made wonderful, wonderful cartoons of dogs but he said they're in a state of perpetual delight which is, like very unlike some of the other expeences one has during the day. >> rose: there's something to be said about "a dog's life." >> absolutely. absolutely >> rose: you get up and there they are waiting for you they want to go out. you feed them, they go out, you play with them, run, jump, do whatever you do. and you're engaged with them. they get you outside. that's great. and they get you outside before you go to bed, that's great. >> those are my favorite walks, the last one of the night. and in "the puppy diaries" i lk about how my husband was starting to have high blood pressure and having to take medicine and after we got scout-- because he walks with her all the time-- it's gone way down. >> rose: so what it is you want me to come away with, or somebody who going to read "the puppy diaries." >> it's a mixture of manual and memoir. man wall? this is a how-too book? >> it's part how-to and part memoir. it will tell you

you know, james thurber said, which is so true, you know, he made wonderful, wonderful cartoons of dogs but he said they're in a state of perpetual delight which is, like very unlike some of the other expeences one has during the day. >> rose: there's something to be said about "a dog's life." >> absolutely. absolutely >> rose: you get up and there they are waiting for you they want to go out. you feed them, they go out, you play with them, run, jump, do whatever you do. and you're engaged with them. they get you outside. that's great. and they get you outside before you go to bed, that's great. >> those are my favorite walks, the last one of the night. and in "the puppy diaries" i lk about how my husband was starting to have high blood pressure and having to take medicine and after we got scout-- because he walks with her all the time-- it's gone way down. >> rose: so what it is you want me to come away with, or somebody who going to read "the puppy diaries." >> it's a mixture of manual and memoir. man wall? this is a how-too book? >> it's part how-to and part memoir. it will tell you