I'm thinking a dog training book might make a good stocking stuffer for my BF's mother for Christmas, since they have a new dog who never learned "puppy basics" and can be pretty frustrating at times (plus it's been 13 years since they had a puppy last), but 1) I don't want to be insulting about it ("Here's how to train your dog since you suck at it" is not a great way to ingratiate myself), 2) BF's mom has very little free time to read anything lengthy, and 3) it would have to be fun/interesting enough to catch her attention. I want it to be like a "this book is *SO* cool that even though you probably know everything anyway I thought you might enjoy it!" kind of present.
I loaned her my copy of "Calming Signals" and she thought that was pretty cool. But it doesn't really have tips on what to do about the signals you're seeing. She needs a refresher course on everything from housetraining to why yelling "SIT!" isn't more effective than just quietly saying "sit," lol! (She's not mean to the dogs, she just seems to think that volume is necessary to give commands, rofl!)
So, SmartPeople - any ideas? :)