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{{Frontpage{|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->1780724047<!-- Pickles -->|title=A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs|-author=Peter J Conradi| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"4|genre=Pets[[image:Pickles_Worzel.jpg|left|linksummary=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1787111601?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagI struggle to resist a book about dogs, but I did wonder why this one was so ''thin'': given that I've never encountered a dog who wasn't interesting or important -21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1787111601]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje]]=== [[image:5starprobably both, I was expecting a massive tome.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category But ''A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs'' is actually ''a rich compendium of the world's most significant and beloved dogs'' and it's certainly a rich treasure trove. We begin with Peter J Conradi's four collies:For Sharing|For Sharing]]Cloudy, [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] ISky. Bradley and Max. They'd like you to meet Worzelre consecutive rather than simultaneous dogs, but you'll need to do exactly what I say. Worzel comes over is quite a big dog, but that doesn't mean that heConradi's fierce, or even very brave. In fact, he's frightened, love for each and little as you are, he's frightened every one of youthem. He'd like to meet you though: can you see I knew that nose just poking out from the side of the sofa? Now he's peering over the cushion - and finally he's risking leaving that very I was in safe place he's found, behind the sofahands.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1787112926|title=Worzel goes for a Walk. [[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friendcome too? by |author=Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|Full Review]] <!-- Hainsworth -->rating=5|-genre=For Sharing| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|When we [[image:Hainsworth_Gina.jpgWorzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1908434988?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1908434988]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|last met Worzel Woolface]] he was a rather frightened dog who had difficulty meeting people. He's a bit better now and something which he really enjoys is going for a walk. It's not just a case of attaching a lead and heading for your favourite spot - there are a lot of other things to think about first.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Hainsworth_Gina|title==[[Talking Talking to Gina by |author=Ottilie Hainsworth]]==|rating= [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Graphic Novels|Graphic Novels]], [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] 'summary=''This is what happened.'' An artist decided she needed a dog – so drove the length of the country, Brighton to Grimsby, to pick up an Eastern European immigrant street dog with some mange and one working eye. Why not? The first night at home, Gina – the dog – eats something she shouldn't and causes a mess, so it's not a great start, but then begin the tribulations of training, status and behaviour all humans must go through with their dogs. And then, the 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 I felt sick, as if I was in love.'' 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. [[Talking to Gina by Ottilie Hainsworth|Full Review]]}}<!-- Ingram -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Ingram_Kammie| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Conversations with Kammie|author=Annie Ingram[[image:Ingram_Kammie.jpg|leftrating=4|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785451995?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785451995]]Humour| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Conversations with Kammie by It was something of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram]]=== [[image:4starand her cocker spaniel Kammie.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]]You see, [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] It was Annie knows something of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and her cocker spaniel Kammie. You see, Annie knows something which has been self-which has been self-evident to me for a long time: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and not just on a level of food!, walk! or play!. 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 have to do is listen. Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her well and the pair have allowed us to share some of their conversations. [[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram|Full Review]]}}<!-- Mattinson -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Mattinson_Puppy| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Choosing the Perfect Puppy|author=Pippa Mattinson[[image:Mattinson_Puppy|rating=4.jpg5|leftgenre=Home and Family|linksummary=https://www.amazon.coIf you have ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a puppy, you really ought to read this book.uk/gp/product/1785034375?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785034375]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Choosing Too many people are carried away in the heat of the Perfect Puppy by Pippa Mattinson]]=== [[image:4moment and ''must'' have a particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequences.5star They then have to live with the problems which ''might'' have been avoided for a decade or more.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] The puppy and the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needs. [[:Category:PetsPippa Mattinson|PetsPippa Mattinson]], [[is my go-to author on matters dog related:Categoryshe talks sense. She doesn't try to talk you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy:Home she simply presents the facts and Family|Home and Family]]allows you to make your own decisions.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Pickles_WorzelIf |title=Worzel says hello! Will you have ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a puppybe my friend?|author=Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|rating=5|genre=Pets|summary=I'd like you to meet Worzel, but you really ought 'll need to read this bookdo exactly what I say. Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment and Worzel is quite a big dog, but that doesn't mean that he'musts fierce, or even very brave. In fact, he'' have a particular breed s frightened, and go ahead without any thought about the consequenceslittle as you are, he's frightened of you. They then have He'd like to live with the problems which ''mightmeet you though: can you see that nose just poking out from the side of the sofa? Now he's peering over the cushion - and finally, he' have been avoided for a decade or more. The puppy and s risking leaving that very safe place he's found, behind the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needssofa. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson}}{{Frontpage|isbn=instagram_dogs|title=Dogs on Instagram|Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-to author on matters dog related: she talks sense=@dogsofinstagram|rating=3. She doesn5|genre=Pets|summary=I't try to talk you out of getting m a particular breed or any puppysucker for dogs: she simply presents I can't walk past one in the facts street without stopping and allows you to make your own decisionshaving a conversation, sometimes without bothering to speak to the owners, so a book of pictures of dogs was going to be right up my street. [[Choosing the Perfect Puppy The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagram, run by Pippa Mattinson|Full Review]] <!-- dogsofinstagram -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:instagram_dogsAhmed El Shourbagy and his wife Ashley and launched just four years ago gives us this book of over four hundred photographs of dogs.jpg|left|link=httpsOriginally I had no intention of reviewing it://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1452151970?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1452151970]]in fact I wasn't even intending to read the book, just to have a quick flick through, but within five minutes I was showing other people in the office the picture of the Weimaraner riding a bicycle.}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Prendergast_Digger|title===[[Dogs Dog on Instagram by @dogsofinstagram]]a Digger: The Tricky Incident|author=Kate Prendergast|rating=5|genre=Pets [[image:3.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]], [[:Category:Art|Art]] I'm going to tell you a sucker for dogs: I can't walk past one story about Dog, Man, Lady and the Pup. They all work on an industrial site - in the street without stopping fact, Dog and having Man live there in a conversation, sometimes without bothering to speak to caravan and Man drives the owners, so a book sort of pictures of dogs was going to be right up my street. The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagram, run digger which is dreamed about by Ahmed El Shourbagy boys large and his wife Ashley small. Lady and launched 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't even intending to read the book, just Pup run the snack bar and one day as they're all having something to have a quick flick througheat, but within five minutes I was showing other people in the office the picture of the Weimaraner riding a bicyclePup goes missing. [[Dogs on Instagram by @dogsofinstagram|Full Review]] <!Man and Lady search everywhere but it's Dog's sharp ears which finally track him down -caught in a branch over a fast- Prendergast -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Prendergast_Diggerflowing stream.jpg|left|link=https://wwwAnd it's Dog who works out how to rescue him.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910646148?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagI needed 88 words to tell you that story, but Kate Prendergast does it without using a single one -21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910646148]]  | styleand she tells it in a far more engaging way than I could ever manage.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Strachan_50Cat|title="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"50 Games to Play With Your Cat|author=Jackie Strachan|rating=5|genre=Pets|summary=[[Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast]]=== [[image:5starCats love to play. It is written in their DNA. From kittenhood onward, an innate curiosity about the world around them spurs cats to view everything as a potential plaything.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]cats, [[:Category:Art|Art]] I'm going the desire to play helps them to tell you a story about Doghone their hunting skills. For cat owners, Man, Lady and the Pup. They all work on it provides an industrial site opportunity to bond with a much- in fact Dog loved pet and Man live there in a caravan create special moments that are entertaining to both cat and Man drives the sort of digger which is dreamed about by boys large and smallhuman alike. Lady and the Pup run the snack bar and one day as they're all having something If you are stuck for ideas for games to eatplay with your cat, the Pup goes missing. Man and Lady search everywhere but it's Dog's sharp ears which finally track him down - caught in a branch over a fast-flowing streamor would simply like to try something new, then 50 Games To Play With Your Cat provides plenty of inspiration. And it's Dog who works out how }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Leask_Miracle|title=Miracle: The extraordinary dog that refused to rescue him. I needed 88 words to tell you that story, but Kate Prendergast does it without using a single one - die|author=Amanda Leask|rating=4|genre=Pets|summary=Amanda Leask has been obsessed with dogs all her life and she tells it in 's been an obsession which needs the world and a far more engaging way than I could ever managelot of its attitudes to dogs to change for the better. [[Dog on a DiggerShe's not daunted by the obstacles: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast|Full Review <!-- Strachan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Strachan_50Catshe's simply determined to do all that she possibly can to make the world a better place for dogs. Amanda lives with her husband Tobias, son Kyle and more than twenty rescue and sled dogs near Inverness.jpg|link=http://www.amazonVery nice, you're probably thinking.coWouldn't we all like to have that sort of lifestyle? But hold on a minute.uk/dp/1782403531/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Prendergast_Train|=title=Dog on a Train: The Special Delivery|author=[[50 Games to Play With Your Cat by Jackie Strachan]]=Kate Prendergast|rating=5|genre=Pets [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[It's one of those mornings for Boy:Category:Pets|Pets]] Cats love late out of bed he grabs at his hat and hurtles out of the house to play. It is written catch his train - only he drops his hat as he goes through the door and Dog chases after him with the hat in their DNAhis mouth. From kittenhood onward, an innate curiosity about They head to the world around them spurs cats tube station (Dog doesn't forget to view everything as a potential plaything. For catswait at the zebra crossing) with boy just twenty or so yards in front, the desire to play helps them but Dog is losing ground as he has to find someone to hone their hunting skillscarry him on the escalator. For cat owners, it provides an opportunity He misses Boy's train and has to bond with a much-loved pet and create special moments wait for the next one, but remembers his manners well enough to stand up so that are entertaining to both cat and human alikean old lady can have his seat. If you are stuck for ideas Will he catch up with boy when he reaches London Kings Cross?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mattinson_Labrador|title=The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide to training and caring for games 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. [[50 Games to Play With Your Cat by Jackie StrachanLabrador|Full Review]]author=Pippa Mattinson <!-- Leask -->|rating=4.5|-genre=Pets| stylesummary="width: 10In 2014 about 16%; verticalof all pedigree puppies registered with the Kennel Club were Labradors -align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Leask_Miracleand that's with over 200 breeds to choose from.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032550/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagThey're one of the most respected breeds and with good reason -21]]  | style="verticalgreat as gundogs, brilliant in the show ring and a wonderful part of the family to boot. Author Pippa Mattinson is a zoologist and founder of The Gundog Trust. She supports modern, science-align: top; textbased dog training methods -align: left;"|but her passion is about helping people to enjoy their dogs. If you're looking for advice about Labradors, she is going to be difficult to better.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Perris_Dogs|title==[[MiracleBeautiful Dogs Postcard Book: The extraordinary dog that refused 30 Postcards of Champion Breeds to die by Amanda Leask]]Keep or Send|author=Andrew Perris|rating=4|genre=Pets [[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] Amanda Leask has been obsessed with dogs all her life and itIf you's been an obsession which needs the world and re looking for a present for a lot of it's attitudes to dogs to change for dog lover, Beautiful Dogs might fit the betterbill. SheIt's not daunted by the obstacles: she's simply determined a book of thirty postcards, which you can either send or keep in the book. You might expect to do all that she possibly can to make find the world a better place for dogs. Amanda lives with her husband Tobias, son Kyle and more than twenty rescue usual breeds - Labradors, Retrievers and sled dogs near Inverness. Very nicethe like - but instead, you're probably thinkingll find more exotic breeds such as the Bedlington Terrier and the Bolognese. WouldnThere't we all like s just the one dog or bitch on each card and Andrew Perris has managed to have that sort give us an excellent view of lifestyle? But hold on a minutethe animal whilst allowing it to look completely natural. [[Miracle: The extraordinary dog that refused to die by Amanda Leask|Full Review]] <!-- Prendergast -->|-}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Laks_Gentle[[image:Prendergast_Train.jpg|linktitle=httpMy Gentle Barn://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910646083/refwhere animals heal and children learn to hope|author=nosim?tagEllie Laks|rating=thebookbag-21]] 4.5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Pets|summary===[[Dog on a Train: The Special Delivery by Kate Prendergast]]=== [[image:5starAs a child, Ellie Laks was abused, but not only did she suffer at the hands of her abuser, she also had to endure parental indifference to what was happening to her.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] It's one of those mornings for Boy: late out of bed he grabs at his hat and hurtles out of Her only relief came through animals - and even then she had to cope when the house to catch his train animals were taken from her. As an adult, she discovered that she had a real talent for healing animals - only he drops his hat as he goes through the door and Dog chases after him with the hat in his mouth. They head to that they helped her to heal too. In a brilliant leap of intuition, she realised that if the tube station (Dog doesn't forget animals could help her to wait at heal they could do the zebra crossing) with boy just twenty or same for others and so yards in front, but Dog is losing ground the Gentle Barn was born - a place where animals were brought as he has to find someone to carry him on the escalator. He misses Boy's train a place of safety and where disadvantaged children and has special needs groups could use as therapy.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mattinson_Happy|title=The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to wait for the next one, but remembers his manners well enough to stand up so that an old lady can have his seatPuppy Care and Early Training|author=Pippa Mattinson|rating=4. Will he catch up with boy when he reaches London Kings Cross? [[Dog on a Train: The Special Delivery by Kate Prendergast|Full Review]] <!-- Mattinson -->5|genre=Pets|-| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mattinson_LabradorUnfortunately far too many people acquire puppies because of the aww.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.cofactor.uk/dp/1785030914/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagThey look gorgeous, cuddly, cute -21]]  | style="verticalrather like an animated soft toy -align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[and there are people who have to have one. Now. The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide to training and caring for reality is that bringing a puppy into your home - into your Labrador by Pippa Mattinson]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] In 2014 about 16% life - requires about the same level of planning as moving home and the best guide which I've seen to preparing for a puppy and the early stages of all pedigree puppies registered living with the Kennel Club were Labradors - and thatone is Pippa Mattinson's with over 200 breeds to choose fromThe Happy Puppy Handbook. Do get it well in advance. TheyIf you're one of the most respected breeds and with good reason only thinking about getting a puppy it might even put you off - great as gundogs, brilliant in but then it will be well worth the show ring and cover price if it saves you a wonderful part great deal of expense and even more heartache.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Rosenfelt_Puppy|title=The Puppy Express: On the family to bootroad with 25 rescue dogs . Author Pippa Mattinson is a zoologist and founder of The Gundog Trust. She supports modern, science-based dog training methods - but her passion is about helping people to enjoy their dogs. If you're looking for advice about Labradors, she is going to be difficult to betterwhat could go wrong?|author=David Rosenfelt|rating=4. [[The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide to training and caring for your Labrador by Pippa Mattinson5|Full Review]]genre=Pets <!-|summary=If you're moving home from Southern California with twenty- Perris -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Perris_Dogsfive rescue dogs how, exactly, do you do it? Add in that these are mostly elderly dogs who've already had too much change and trauma in their lives and it's obvious that crating them and flying them across the country isn't going to work.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782401660/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagThey couldn't all go together and the trip would take about twenty-21]]  | style="verticalfour hours with all the changes -align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book: 30 Postcards of Champion Breeds and that's before you even begin to Keep or Send by Andrew Perris]]===think about the prohibitive cost. In the end, the answer was a convoy of three motorhomes, the addition of nine helpers and just about non-stop driving across the continent. Fun, eh?}}{{Frontpage[[image:4star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{Morris_Iamcat|title=I am Cat (mini edition)|author=Jackie Morris|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets=4|genre=Pets]] If you|summary=You're looking for a present for always supposed to tell when a dog lover, Beautiful Dogs might fit is dreaming – the twitching limbs and jerking joints allegedly proving the sleeping Fido is imagining himself on the billchase. It's Cats are, as always, a book of thirty postcardsbit more secretive, which you can either send but Jackie Morris offers evidence here that they are more or keep in less thinking the book. You might expect to find same thing – even the more usual breeds - Labradorsdomestic moggy, Retrievers curled up and closed in, is picturing a different self – one sleeking through snows, relaxing on the like - but instead yousavannah or alertly moving through its territory. It'll find more exotic breeds such as s a very pleasant view into the Bedlington Terrier and the Bolognesemindset of cats. There's just the one dog or bitch on each card and Andrew Perris has managed to give us an excellent view of the animal whilst allowing it to look completely natural. [[Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Katz_Dog|title=The Dog Nobody Loved|author=Jon Katz|rating=4|genre=Pets|summary=When we first meet Jon Katz he's not in a good place: 30 Postcards his marriage of Champion Breeds thirty-five years was breaking up and he was close to Keep or Send by Andrew Perris|Full Review]] <!-- Laks -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Laks_Gentlea nervous breakdown.jpg|link=http://www.amazon He didn't need any more problems.co.uk He particularly ''didn't'' need a young rescue dog, a Rottweiler/dp/0099584883/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[My Gentle Barn: where animals heal Shepherd mix, who'd been living wild, to contend with and children learn to hope by Ellie Laks]]=== [[image:4upset the fragile equilibrium of the life he lived with his animals on Bedlam Farm.5star Frieda was near feral but devoted to her rescuer, Maria Wulf and it was Maria who was at the centre of this conundrum.jpg|link=Category:{ 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 to connect with Frieda too.}}{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[Frontpage|isbn=Coren_Dogs|title=Do Dogs Dream?:Category:PetsNearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know|Pets]]author=Stanley Coren|rating=4.5As a child Ellie Laks was abused, but |genre=Pets|summary=If you love dogs this book is an absolute gem. It's not only did she suffer at the hands of her abuser, she also had going to endure parental indifference explain to what was happening you how to herfeed or train your dog. Her only relief came through animals - and even then she had to cope There's no advice on first aid or when you should seek advice from the animals were taken from hervet. As an adult she discovered that she had a real talent for healing animals What you get are seventy- and that they helped her to heal tootwo essays on subjects which dog lovers ponder on, each one just two or three pages long and written in terms which the layman can understand. In a brilliant leap of intuition she realised that if I've opened the animals could help her to heal they could do the same for others book at random and so the Gentle Barn was born - found ''Why Do Dogs Touch Noses?'', ''Do Dogs Recognize Themselves in a place where animals were brought as Mirror?'' and ''Why Do Puppies Sleep in a place of safety and where disadvantaged children and special needs groups could use as therapy. [[My Gentle Barn: where animals heal and children learn to hope Pile?'' There's nothing there that you absolutely ''have'' to know so that you can keep a dog as he should be kept but by Ellie Laks|Full Review]]the time that you've finished you will know him a lot better.<!-- Mattinson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|}}Move on to [[image:Mattinson_Happy.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0091957265/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training by Pippa Mattinson]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] 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 one. Now. The reality is that bringing a puppy into your home - into your life - requires about the same level of planning as moving home and the best guide which I've seen to preparing for a puppy and the early stages of living with one is Pippa Mattinson's The Happy Puppy Handbook. Do get it well in advance. If you're only thinking about getting a puppy it might even put you off - but then it will be well worth the cover price if it saves you a great deal of expense and even more heartache. [[The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training by Pippa Mattinson|Full Review]] <!-- Rosenfelt -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Rosenfelt_Puppy.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751553522/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Puppy Express: On the road with 25 rescue dogs . . . what could go wrong? by David Rosenfelt]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] If you're moving home from Southern California with twenty five rescue dogs how, exactly do you do it? Add in that these are mostly elderly dogs who've already had too much change and trauma in their lives and it's obvious that crating them and flying them across country isn't going to work. They couldn't all go together and the trip would take about twenty four hours with all the changes - and that's before you even begin to think about the prohibitive cost. In the end the answer was a convoy of three motorhomes, the addition of nine helpers and just about non-stop driving across the continent. Fun, eh? [[The Puppy Express: On the road with 25 rescue dogs . . . what could go wrong? by David Rosenfelt|Full Review]] <!-- Morris -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Morris_Iamcat.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847805078/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[I am Cat (mini edition) by Jackie Morris]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] You're always supposed to tell when a dog is dreaming – the twitching limbs and jerking joints allegedly proving the sleeping Fido is imagining himself on the chase. Cats are, as always, a bit more secretive, but Jackie Morris offers evidence here that they are more or less thinking the same thing – even the domestic moggy, curled up and closed in, is picturing a different self – one sleeking through snows, relaxing on the savannah or alertly moving through its territory. It's a very pleasant view into the mindset of cats. [[I am Cat (mini edition) by Jackie Morris|Full Review]] <!-- Katz -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Katz_Dog.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0091957443/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Dog Nobody Loved by Jon Katz]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] When we first meet Jon Katz he's not in a good place: his marriage of thirty-five years was breaking up and he was close to a nervous breakdown. He didn't need any more problems. He particularly ''didn't'' need a young rescue dog, a Rottweiler/Shepherd mix, who'd been living wild, to contend with and to upset the fragile equilibrium of the life he lived with his animals on Bedlam Farm. Frieda was near feral but devoted to her rescuer, Maria Wulf and it was Maria who was at the centre of this conundrum. 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 to connect with Frieda too. [[The Dog Nobody Loved by Jon Katz|Full Review]] <!-- Coren -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Coren_Dogs.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0393338126/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Do Dogs Dream?: Nearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know by Stanley Coren]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] If you love dogs this book is an absolute gem. It's not going to explain to you how to feed or train your dog. There's no advice on first aid or when you should seek advice from the 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 layman can understand. I've opened the book at random and found ''Why Do Dogs Touch Noses?'', ''Do Dogs Recognize Themselves in a Mirror?'' and ''Why Do Puppies Sleep in a Pile?'' There's nothing there that you absolutely ''have'' to know so that you can keep a dog as he should be kept but by the time that you've finished you will know him a lot better. [[Do Dogs Dream?: Nearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know by Stanley Coren|Full Review]] <!-- Price -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Price_Buffy.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1780883722/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Goodnight Buffy: Loving a Lakeland Terrier by Thomasina Price]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] Most dog owners will confess that even after a lifetime of ownership there is one dog who holds their heart. Often the close bond has been forged because of the dog’s ill health, although it never seems to be completely one-sided: an interdependence develops and dog and human seem to exist as one. The dog who stole my heart was a Rhodesian Ridgeback - for Thomasina Price it was Buffy the Lakeland Terrier. She had a traumatic start to life, found hiding in a shop doorway in Blackpool she was taken in by a young woman, but she, in turn contracted ovarian cancer and at the age of two Buffy came to what was at least her third home when she was fostered by Thomasina Price’s sister. [[Goodnight Buffy: Loving a Lakeland Terrier by Thomasina Price|Full Review]] <!-- Wareham -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Wareham_Gus.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1849418179/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Rescuing Gus by Melissa Wareham]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] Melissa Wareham was ''convinced'' that she must be adopted: how could someone like her who ''loved'' dogs have been born to parents who, well, wouldn't have them in the house? She wasn't even that convinced when her mother produced her birth certificate. Melissa wouldn't be able to have a dog until she had a home of her own but in the meantime she got a job at Battersea Dogs' Home and it was there that she met Gus. He wasn't in the first flush of youth and his breath was a weapon of mass destruction, but he and Melissa bonded and when he was very poorly - he had kennel cough - she took him home. [[Rescuing Gus by Melissa Wareham|Full Review]] <!-- Gladwell -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Gladwell_NYDogs.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/043402239X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs with Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] I think it's fair to say that you're not even going to pick this book up unless you're a dog lover. If you've always yearned for a cat and shudder at the thought of early morning walks in the rain then this is definitely no the book for you. But - if you know, or are known by a dog then it's the equivalent of that massive hamper of chocolate delights to a chocoholic. Only a magazine like the ''New Yorker'' could raid its archives and produce such a massive compendium of humour, illustrations, essays, fiction, poems and cartoons about dogs, or have a cast of writers which could put many a bookshop to shame. [[The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs with Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell|Full ReviewNewest Politics and Society Reviews]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|}