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Oberon is a Labrador with a pedigree as long as your arm and ''One Dog and His Man'' is his story about what it's like living with the man he generously refers to as ''The Boss'', about life in general and the ways of the world. Think of him as the canine equivalent of the parliamentary sketch writer, there to highlight the idiosyncrasies of human life and bring a gentle humour to situations which might otherwise be taken far too seriously. Before you wonder how this is possible - how a dog can write a book - let me remind you that dogs are very intelligent animals. After all, dogs and their humans might go to what are laughingly called 'dog training classes', but it's the humans who are trained, not the dogs.
Our Humble Author is very kind about human shortcomings in his ten short stories about life at home. He's remarkably modest too, considering his own prowess, achievements and the problems with which he has to contend, although he does to admit to trouble deciphering a particular expression of his human, which ''teeters on the gormless''. The Boss, prone to am-dram excursions is a ''triumph of enthusiasm over lack of competence'', but when we meet him he's considering laying a lawn in what passes for his garden, but - as Oberon explains - it's as much a garden as he is a ballerina.
I the space of a few pages Oberon has dispatched a gardener, an incipient girlfriend and a plan to have his basket moved to somewhere less comfortable. Before long he tackles the thorny question of exercise, with a walk to the pub being his preferred form:
