If you’ve ever envied your dog’s seemingly ideal life, you’re in luck. In her new book, Be as Happy as Your Dog: 16 Dog-Tested Ways to Be Happier Using Pawsitive Psychology, author Michelle Waitzman talked about how we can capture dogs’ joyfulness and their ability to make the most of every day.

Waitzman brought together the latest research on dog behaviour and the leading psychological experts in the growing field of positive psychology to explain how we can ramp up our happiness and make it last by adopting a more dog-like attitude.