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[[Category:New Reviews|Pets]]==Pets==__NOTOC__{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Axel Scheffler1780724047|title=How to Keep a Pet SquirrelA Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs|author=Peter J Conradi

|genre=HumourPets|summary=So, how do you keep I struggle to resist a pet squirrel? Wellbook about dogs, the simple answer is but I did wonder why this one was so ''thin'': given that you donI've never encountered a dog who wasn'tinteresting or important - and probably both, I was expecting a massive tome. TheyBut ''re wild animals A Dictionary of Interesting and not at all suitable for keeping in captivity, but accepted thinking didnImportant Dogs''t always run that way. It was whilst he was dipping into is actually ''The Childrena rich compendium of the world's Encyclopaediamost significant and beloved dogs'' of 1910 that Axel Scheffler came across and it's certainly a small but indispensible guide to obtaining and caring for your pet squirrelrich treasure trove. His inventive mind came up We begin with these beautiful illustrations to accompany the text Peter J Conradi's four collies: Cloudy, Sky. Bradley and if youMax. They're looking consecutive rather than simultaneous dogs, but what comes over is Conradi's love for an amusing gift for an animal-loving adult then this book could well be the answereach and every one of them. I knew that I was in safe hands.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571255981</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Duno1787112926|title=Last Dog On The HillWorzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too?|author=Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje

|genre=PetsFor Sharing|summary=Driving through northern California Steve Duno found When we [[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|last met Worzel Woolface]] he was a puppy by the side of the roadrather frightened dog who had difficulty meeting people. He was flea-bitten, tic infested, emaciated 's a bit better now and suffering from an infectionsomething which he really enjoys is going for a walk. His father was It's not just a case of attaching a Rottweiler lead and his mother heading for your favourite spot - there are a German Shepherd - both were guard dogs at the local marijuana farmlot of other things to think about first. When Steve whistled the dog came }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Hainsworth_Gina|title=Talking to him and itGina|author=Ottilie Hainsworth|rating=4.5|genre=Graphic Novels|summary=''s no exaggeration to say that in that moment his life changedThis is what happened. '' He'd always wanted An artist decided she needed a dog– so drove the length of the country, Brighton to Grimsby, but hadn't been able to have pick up an Eastern European immigrant street dog with some mange and one as a childworking eye. There was Why not? The first night at home, Gina – the dog – eats something she shouldn't and causes a momentmess, so it's indecision at not a great start, but then begin the side tribulations of training, status and behaviour all humans must go through with their dogs. And then, the road life with Gina begins to feel like too much – ''I felt weird about you because you were always there. My thoughts were taken over by you, and then Lou became SteveI felt sick, as if I was in love.''s dog Slowly, however, everyone – our artist/author, her husband, two children and two cats – gets to form the family they and Gina all would have wanted.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330520024</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Susan Finden and Linda Watson-BrownIngram_Kammie|title=Casper the Commuting Cat: The True Story of the Cat Who Rode the Bus and Stole Our HeartsConversations with Kammie|author=Annie Ingram

|genre=PetsHumour|summary=In 2009 as Susan Finden set out to catch the bus from the bus stop opposite her house in Plymouth she noticed her cat Casper watching It was something of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and hercocker spaniel Kammie. Afraid he would follow her across the busy road she urged the bus driver You see, Annie knows something which has been self-evident to move off quicklyme for a long time: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and not just on a level of food! walk! or play!. But when the bus driver told her that ''the only thing You do require extensive training to become fluent, but most dogs will be perfectly willing to give their time to teach you and all you've got have to worry about do is that you're sitting in his seat,'' Susan finally had listen. Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her well and the answer to where Casper disappeared pair have allowed us to each dayshare some of their conversations.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857200089</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anne Fine and Ruth BrownMattinson_Puppy|title=RugglesChoosing the Perfect Puppy|author=Pippa Mattinson

|genre=For SharingHome and Family|summary=Every dog owner has known If you have ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a dog like Ruggles: theypuppy, you really ought to read this book. Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment and ''must're so good at escaping from where ever they are that they're generally known as Houdinihave a particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequences. Ruggles had it all worked out, from They then have to live with the opportunist hop over the fence aided by problems which ''might'' have been avoided for a pile of newspapers, a bucket decade or more. The puppy and the rabbit hutch adult dog also has to live with an owner who would snitch might not be able to accommodate his needs. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-to author on him if he met them (unaccompanied) in the parkmatters dog related: she talks sense. The dog lady knows him well and whilst you wouldnShe doesn't quite call them friends it's obvious that Ruggles knows when he's met his match try to talk you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the facts and hops in the van without complaintallows you to make your own decisions.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392064</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alexandra HorowitzPickles_Worzel|title=Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend?|author=Catherine Pickles and KnowChantal Bourgonje

|summary=I've long been aware that our two dogs have methods of communication which are far more subtle than anything a mere human can muster. They sense exactly how we are feeling – a slight change in the atmosphere and they will be alert. The reactions d like you to a frown or a smilemeet Worzel, laughter or tears are all different and theybut you're capable of communicating with us in ways which have no ll need of wordsto do exactly what I say. For Worzel is quite a while I thought it was our dogs who were special (wellbig dog, but that doesn't mean that he'obviouslys fierce, or even very brave. In fact, he'' they are…) but I've noticed other dogs communicating with each other s frightened, and with humans and the more that I see the more that I wonder why they little as you are referred to as 'dumb animals, he's frightened of you.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184737347X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Nick Wadley|title=Man + Dog|rating=4.5|genre=Humour|summary=Throughout my life IHe've lived with dogs or deeply regretted d like to meet you though: can you see that nose just poking out from the fact that I lacked a canine companion. Watching a dog – or better still, side of the interaction between dogs – is infinitely better than anything on television and itsofa? Now he's sheer joy to see how man and dog interacts peering over the cushion - and howfinally, so oftenhe's risking leaving that very safe place he's found, they hold a mirror up to each otherbehind the sofa.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1564785521</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Fiona Louise Bate instagram_dogs|title=GusDogs on Instagram|author=@dogsofinstagram

|summary=If I'm going out a sucker for the day to enjoy myself I want my dogs with me. It's not just that : I enjoy their company, but I doncan't like leaving them walk past one in the house for too long. Ideas for days out are always welcome. It's good street without stopping and having a conversation, sometimes without bothering to speak to know about pubs that are not the owners, so a book of pictures of dogs was going to frown as you get to the door be right up my street. The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagram, run by Ahmed El Shourbagy and his wife Ashley and if welaunched just four years ago gives us this book of over four hundred photographs of dogs. Originally I had no intention of reviewing it: in fact I wasn're heading t even intending to read the coast I like book, just to know which beaches we can use and if there are any restrictions. ''Pubshave a quick flick through, Beaches and Days Out'' aims to fill but within five minutes I was showing other people in the office the picture of the Weimaraner riding a hole! How does it do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956045952</amazonuk>bicycle.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=www.dogfriendly.co.uk Prendergast_Digger|title=Dog Friendly Camping and Caravan Siteson a Digger: Your Comprehensive Guide to Dog Friendly Camping and Caravan SitesThe Tricky Incident|author=Kate Prendergast|rating=2.5

|summary=If youI're m going camping or caravanning it's not always easy to take your dogs with tell youa story about Dog, Man, Lady and the Pup. Some sites don't allow dogs; others have restrictions They all work on breedsan industrial site - in fact, size or number Dog and Man live there in a caravan and Man drives the sort of dogs, whilst others make a chargedigger which is dreamed about by boys large and small. YouLady and the Pup run the snack bar and one day as they're then faced with wondering whether there will be somewhere all having something to exercise eat, the dogs Pup goes missing. Man and how easy Lady search everywhere but it will be to get rid of the, er, deposits! 's Dog's sharp ears which finally track him down - caught in a branch over a fast-flowing stream. And it's Dog Friendly Camping and Caravan Sites: Your Comprehensive Guide who works out how to Dog Friendly Camping and Caravan Sites'' is an answer rescue him. I needed 88 words to thistell you that story, but Kate Prendergast does it without using a single one - and she tells it's nowhere near as comprehensive as the title would suggestin a far more engaging way than I could ever manage.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956045936</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=www.dogfriendly.co.ukStrachan_50Cat|title=Dog Friendly Hotels50 Games to Play With Your Cat|author=Jackie Strachan|rating=3.5

|summary=I have two big dogsCats love to play. It is written in their DNA. They're Rhodesian Ridgebacks – quietFrom kittenhood onward, well-behaved and friendly dogs – and they're familyan innate curiosity about the world around them spurs cats to view everything as a potential plaything. I've no wish For cats, the desire to put play helps them in kennels so to hone their hunting skills. For cat owners, it provides an opportunity to bond with a much-loved pet and create special moments that I can go on holiday any more than most families would want are entertaining to put the children in kennels for the same purposeboth cat and human alike. But finding somewhere which doesn't just tolerate my dogs but actively makes them welcome is not easy. I've found hotels which say 'Dogs Welcome' but when If you enquire they actually mean that you can bring one small dog which must never be left alone and are stuck for ideas for which they'll make a charge. That's why this book is such a reliefgames to play with your cat, or would simply like to try something new, then 50 Games To Play With Your Cat provides plenty of inspiration.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956045928</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma DoddLeask_Miracle|title=I Don't Want A Cool CatMiracle: The extraordinary dog that refused to die|author=Amanda Leask

|genre=For SharingPets|summary=Emma Dodd's [[I Don't Want a Posh Dog by Emma Dodd|previous book]] saw her turning her nose up posh Amanda Leask has been obsessed with dogs. Here she doesn't want a cool cat, a treat her like a fool cat. There are all sorts of other cats she doesn't want, until she gets to the type of cat she can call her own.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184616950X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Lady Annabel Goldsmith|title=Copper: A Doglife and it's Life|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=Copper was one of been an obsession which needs the world and a litter lot of its attitudes to dogs born to a stray bitch and who was 'adopted' by Lady Annabel Goldsmith - or might it be change for the other way round?. Here he tells his story in his own words as transcribed for him by his ownerbetter. HeShe's got his own priorities – and obedience is not one of them – along with a roving spirit. Itdaunted by the obstacles: she's perhaps fortunate simply determined to do all that he's she possibly can to make the world a dog as this allows better place for dogs. Amanda lives with her husband Tobias, son Kyle and more than twenty rescue and sled dogs near Inverness. Very nice, you to call him 'cheeky' and 'charming're probably thinking. If he was a human being Wouldn'randy' and 'arrogant' would be two t we all like to have that sort of the first words which came to mindlifestyle? But hold on a minute.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751538205</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emily GravettPrendergast_Train|title=Dogs|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=We don't know who it is who tells us that they love dogs, well not to start with, but the narrator is adamant. They love big dogs and small dogs – and we see a glorious Great Dane, all legs and inquisitive face with Dog on a delicate Chihuahua nestled between his paws. You don't know who will have the best of it but that Chihuahua looks pretty fearsome.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230704220</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewTrain: The Special Delivery|author=Gene Weingarten and Michael S Williamson (Photographer)|title=Old DogsKate Prendergast

|summary=As a reviewer I see a lot It's one of books those mornings for Boy: late out of bed he grabs at his hat and whilst I read I'm usually wondering about who I'll pass hurtles out of the book on house to when I've finished catch his train - only he drops his hat as he goes through the door and Dog chases after him with the reviewhat in his mouth. Will it be a friend, They head to the local library or one of our schools? Ittube station (Dog doesn's a part of my reviewing process t forget to think about where wait at the book will sit most happily. With ''Old Dogs'' I was only a few pages zebra crossing) with boy just twenty or so yards in before I was considering whether it should live front, but Dog is losing ground as he has to find someone to carry him on my bedside table or in the main bookshelvesescalator. The bedside table wonHe misses Boy's train and has to wait for the next one, but remembers his manners well enough to stand up so that an old lady can have his seat. Easily.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1416534997</amazonuk>Will he catch up with boy when he reaches London Kings Cross?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Matthew ColeMattinson_Labrador|title=Will Work The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide to training and caring for Nutsyour Labrador|author=Pippa Mattinson|rating=34.5

|summary=The intrepid adventurer faces a most daunting challengeIn 2014 about 16% of all pedigree puppies registered with the Kennel Club were Labradors - and that's with over 200 breeds to choose from. Girding his loins in anticipation They're one of achieving his goal, he leaps into action, hellthe most respected breeds and with good reason -bent only on successgreat as gundogs, never fearing brilliant in the show ring and a wonderful part of the inherent dangerfamily to boot. With death-defying stunts Author Pippa Mattinson is a zoologist and leaps aplentyfounder of The Gundog Trust. She supports modern, he needs science-based dog training methods - but her passion is about helping people to use any vehicles he finds in his path, untold balancing skills, nerve-racking whippy plastic stick things, and an awful lot moreenjoy their dogs. Finally his litheIf you're looking for advice about Labradors, muscular frame lands near his target, and he sits back and eats his nutsshe is going to be difficult to better.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007279574</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eric NakagawaPerris_Dogs|title=I Can Has Cheezburger Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book: 30 Postcards of Champion Breeds to Keep or Send|author=Andrew Perris

|summary=If you're looking for a present for a dog lover, Beautiful Dogs might fit the bill. It'I Can Has Cheezburger'', is s a clever and witty anthology of some book of thirty postcards, which you can either send or keep in the book. You might expect to find the best pictures more usual breeds - Labradors, Retrievers and captions from the fantastic [http://icanhascheezburger.com/ lolcats website] of like - but instead, you'll find more exotic breeds such as the same name. The site has been growing in popularity in recent months, Bedlington Terrier and so it was inevitable that a book would soon hit the shelvesBolognese. Choosing which pics There's just the one dog or bitch on each card and Andrew Perris has managed to include in the book could not have been give us an easy task, and some excellent view of the old favourites are there, alongside some less well known onesanimal whilst allowing it to look completely natural.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340977574</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Turid RugaasLaks_Gentle|title=On Talking Terms With DogsMy Gentle Barn: Calming Signalswhere animals heal and children learn to hope|author=Ellie Laks|rating=34.5

|summary=I've long been aware that my two Rhodesian Ridgebacks can communicate with each other in ways far more subtle than any human being can muster. A glanceAs a child, Ellie Laks was abused, a tilt of but not only did she suffer at the head or a flick hands of the tongue her abuser, she also had to endure parental indifference to what was happening to her. Her only relief came through animals - and even then she had to cope when the message is received animals were taken from her. As an adult, she discovered that she had a real talent for healing animals - and understoodthat they helped her to heal too. Our older dog is known as Rosie Glare. I don't know what In a brilliant leap of intuition, she realised that if the facial expression does animals could help her to heal they could do the same for others and so the younger dog, but it certainly puts me in my Gentle Barn was born - a place where animals were brought as a placeof safety and where disadvantaged children and special needs groups could use as therapy.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0954803213</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Turid RugaasMattinson_Happy|title=What Do I Do When... My Dog Pulls?The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training|author=Pippa Mattinson

|summary=If you ask dog owners what problems they Unfortunately far too many people acquire puppies because of the aww... factor. They look gorgeous, cuddly, cute - rather like an animated soft toy - and there are people who have to have with their pets you can be certain one. Now. The reality is that some will come up time bringing a puppy into your home - into your life - requires about the same level of planning as moving home and time again. Failure the best guide which I've seen to return when called is common, as is intrusive barking but preparing for a puppy and the early stages of living with one that comes up most often is the failure to walk properly on Pippa Mattinson's The Happy Puppy Handbook. Do get it well in advance. If you're only thinking about getting a lead. It puppy it might not seem to be a major problem if even put you have a small dog off - but for those of us with big dogs – I have two Rhodesian Ridgebacks – then it can will be well worth the cover price if it saves you a major and dangerous problem, particularly in frosty weather. If my two dogs decided to pull there is no way that I could control their combined weight great deal of 75kg - expense and most of it is solid muscleeven more heartache.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0954803205</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rex HarperRosenfelt_Puppy|title=An Eagle in The Puppy Express: On the Airing Cupboardroad with 25 rescue dogs . . . what could go wrong?|author=David Rosenfelt|rating=4.5|genre=AutobiographyPets|summary=We first met Rex Harper in [[An Otter on the Aga]] where he told us of If you're moving home from Southern California with twenty-five rescue dogs how he and his wife, Julie worked first to help injured or abused animals and then founded their own animal sanctuary. It was a book of laughterexactly, sadness at the way do you do it? Add in that some people will treat animals and gratitude that there these are people like Rex mostly elderly dogs who've already had too much change and Julie who devote trauma in their lives and it's obvious that crating them and flying them across the country isn't going to the welfare of animalswork. At the end of ''Otter'They couldn' t all go together and the sanctuary had been taken over by trip would take about twenty-four hours with all the RSPCA changes - and that''An Eagle in s before you even begin to think about the prohibitive cost. In the end, the Airing Cupboard'' takes up where ''Otter'' finished and looks at answer was a year in convoy of three motorhomes, the life addition of a wardennine helpers and just about non-stop driving across the continent.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755318021</amazonuk>Fun, eh?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Linda Newbery and Catherine Rayner Morris_Iamcat|title=Posy I am Cat (mini edition)|author=Jackie Morris|rating=54|genre=For SharingPets|summary=IYou've got re always supposed to tell when a new best friend. She's called Posy. Posy dog is a kitten dreaming – the twitching limbs and her fur jerking joints allegedly proving the sleeping Fido is that wonderful mixture of black, brown and cream that we call tabbyimagining himself on the chase. Under her tummyCats are, all four paws and her face look as though they've been dipped in always, a bowl of creambit more secretive, whichbut Jackie Morris offers evidence here that they are more or less thinking the same thing – even the domestic moggy, knowing Posycurled up and closed in, is quite possiblepicturing a different self – one sleeking through snows, relaxing on the savannah or alertly moving through its territory. SheIt's still finding out about a very pleasant view into the world, you seemindset of cats.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1843629909</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Graeme SimsKatz_Dog|title=The Dog WhispererNobody Loved|author=Jon Katz|rating=4.5

|summary=Graeme Sims is rightly proud of all that When we first meet Jon Katz he's achieved not in life. After a catastrophic business collapse (at the age good place: his marriage of fifty) which thirty-five years was none of his fault, breaking up and he and his wife Maureen made the decision was close to move to rural Devon, but on the eve of their departure he encountered a stray dognervous breakdown. He didn't need any more problems. Annie was He particularly ''didn't'' need a young rescue dog, a Rottweiler/Shepherd mix, who'd been living wild, to contend with and to change his upset the fragile equilibrium of the life in ways that he couldn't imaginelived with his animals on Bedlam Farm. From being unemployable he Frieda was near feral but devoted to become a shepherdher rescuer, presenter Maria Wulf and it was Maria who was at the centre of demonstrations in a theme park and dog trainerthis conundrum. Graeme Sims Katz was spectacularly disconnected from the world - and Maria was the only person to whom he seemed able to talk, but to connect with Maria he had discovered that he was capable of communicating to connect with dogs and could understand what they were telling himFrieda too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755316983</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anna QuindlenCoren_Dogs|title=Life with BeauDo Dogs Dream?: A Tale of a Nearly Everything Your Dog and His Family Wants You to Know|author=Stanley Coren

|summary=BristolIf you love dogs this book is an absolute gem. It's Beauregard Buchanan, Beau not going to explain to you how to his family and friends, is an old feed or train your dog when we first meet him. Whilst Anna Quindlen is at the vetThere's collecting his prescription Beau is sleeping no advice on first aid or when you should seek advice from the rug vet. What you get are seventy-two essays on subjects which dog lovers ponder on, each one just two or three pages long and written in terms which the foyerlayman can understand. The rug smells. Beau smells I've opened the book at random and he has little sight or hearingfound ''Why Do Dogs Touch Noses?'', but then he's nearly fifteen years old. He's reached that stage Do Dogs Recognize Themselves in an older doga Mirror?'' and 's life when there's no point Why Do Puppies Sleep in his going to see the vet (he certainly doesna Pile?'' There't want to go s nothing there ever again, after what happened to his prostate…) and the next house call will be the last.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091921228</amazonuk>}}  {{newreview |title=The Loved Dog|author=Tamar Geller|genre=Pets|rating=4|summary=People tell me that Iyou absolutely ''have'm fortunate in my dogs: they're usually well-behaved and a pleasure to be around despite the fact know so that they're really rather big. In much the same way that Gary Player hit the nail on the head when he said that the harder you can keep a dog as he practiced the luckier he got, well-mannered dogs are generally the product of an assiduous training regime. In the past it was thought that this could only should be achieved by dominating the dog kept but by brute force if necessary and with the aid of such implements of torture as the choke chain. The one area in which I was fortunate is time that once I saw the size and strength of you've finished you will know him a fully-grown Rhodesian Ridgeback I knew that I had no hope of physically dominating the dog. I would have to find some other method of traininglot better. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091922259</amazonuk>