What is the author's style in The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia McConnell?

This book contains expert advice provided by an expert. Patricia B. McConnell has a Ph.D in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin (where she is an adjunct professor) and is a certified Applied Animal Behaviorist. For twenty years she founded and ran Dog's Best Friend Ltd., which provided training and rehabilitation for aggressive or problematic dogs. Also, McConnell owns a sheep farm outside of Madison, Wisconsin, and she owns four dogs.

These qualities allow McConnell to offer advice both as a scientist and as an owner and dog lover. She begins each chapter with a personal experience, either from her company and her many years of dog training, or from personal experiences on the farm. These episodes provide a personal way to approach the more general topic discussed in the remainder of the chapter. The bulk of chapters feature combinations of further personal anecdotes, analogies, workable solutions from an expert and veteran trainer, and more theoretical examples of research conducted in the fields of zoology and ethology from such behaviorists as Jane Goodall and others.