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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:1787112926.jpg|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787112926/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-alignI struggle to resist a book about dogs, but I did wonder why this one was so ''thin'': top; text-align: left;"|===[[Worzel goes for given that I've never encountered a dog who wasn't interesting or important - and probably both, I was expecting a Walkmassive tome. Will you come too? by Catherine Pickles But ''A Dictionary of Interesting and Chantal Bourgonje]]=== [[imageImportant 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:5starCloudy, Sky. Bradley and Max.jpg|link=Category: They're consecutive rather than simultaneous dogs, but what comes over is Conradi's love for each and every one of them. I knew that I was in safe hands.}}{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For SharingFrontpage|isbn=1787112926|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] When we [[title=Worzel says hello! goes for a Walk. Will you come too?|author=Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=When we [[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|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. [[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Hainsworth_Gina|title=Talking to Gina<!-- Pickles -->|author=Ottilie Hainsworth|-rating=4.5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Graphic Novels[[image:Pickles_Worzel.jpg|left|linksummary=https://www''This is what happened.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1787111601?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-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 '' 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 Chantal Bourgonje]]=== [[image:5starone working eye.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Why not? The first night at home, [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] I'd like you to meet WorzelGina – the dog – eats something she shouldn't and causes a mess, but youso it'll need to do exactly what I say. Worzel is quite s not a big doggreat start, but that doesn't mean that he's fiercethen begin the tribulations of training, or even very bravestatus and behaviour all humans must go through with their dogs. In fact And then, hethe life with Gina begins to feel like too much – ''s frightenedI felt weird about you because you were always there. My thoughts were taken over by you, and little I felt sick, as you are, heif I was in love.'s frightened of you. He'd like Slowly, however, everyone – our artist/author, her husband, two children and two cats – gets to meet you though: can you see that nose just poking out from form the side of the sofa? Now he's peering over the cushion - and finally he's risking leaving that very safe place he's found, behind the sofafamily they and Gina all would have wanted. [[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Ingram_Kammie|title=Conversations with Kammie<!-- Hainsworth -->|author=Annie Ingram|-rating=4| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Humour[[image:Hainsworth_Gina.jpg|left|linksummary=https://wwwIt was something of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and her cocker spaniel Kammie.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1908434988?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagYou see, Annie knows something which has been self-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1908434988]] | style="vertical-alignevident to me for a long time: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Talking to Gina by Ottilie Hainsworth]]=== [[image:4dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and not just on a level of food! walk! or play!.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Graphic Novels|Graphic Novels]]You do require extensive training to become fluent, [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] ''This but most dogs will be perfectly willing to give their time to teach you and all you have to do is what happenedlisten.'' An artist decided she needed a dog – so drove Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her well and the length of the country, Brighton pair have allowed us to Grimsby, to pick up an Eastern European immigrant street dog with share some mange and one working eyeof their conversations. Why not? The first night at home, Gina – }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mattinson_Puppy|title=Choosing the dog – eats something she shouldn't Perfect Puppy|author=Pippa Mattinson|rating=4.5|genre=Home and causes a messFamily|summary=If you have ever, so it's not for even a great startfleeting moment, but then begin the tribulations of trainingthought about getting a puppy, status and behaviour all humans must you really ought to read this book. Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment and ''must'' have a particular breed and go through with their dogsahead without any thought about the consequences. And They then, have to live with the life with Gina begins to feel like too much – problems which ''might''I felt weird about you, because you were always therehave been avoided for a decade or more. My thoughts were taken over by you, The puppy and I felt sick, as if I was in lovethe adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needs.'' 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[[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Full ReviewPippa Mattinson]] <!is my go-- Ingram -->|-| style="widthto author on matters dog related: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Ingram_Kammieshe talks sense.jpg|left|link=https://www She doesn't try to talk you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the facts and allows you to make your own decisions.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785451995?ie}}{{Frontpage|isbn=UTF8&tagPickles_Worzel|title=thebookbag-21&linkCodeWorzel says hello! Will you be my friend?|author=as2&campCatherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|rating=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785451995]]5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Pets|summary===[[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram]]=== [[image:4starI'd like you to meet Worzel, but you'll need to do exactly what I say.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]]Worzel is quite a big dog, but that doesn't mean that he's fierce, or even very brave. In fact, he's frightened, [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] It was something of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and her cocker spaniel Kammie. You seelittle as you are, Annie knows something which has been self-evident he's frightened of you. He'd like to me for a long timemeet you though: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and not can you see that nose just on a level poking out from the side of food!the sofa? Now he's peering over the cushion - and finally, he's risking leaving that very safe place he's found, walk! or play!behind the sofa. 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}}{{Frontpage|isbn=instagram_dogs|title=Dogs on Instagram|author=@dogsofinstagram|rating=3. Annie has studied hard5|genre=Pets|summary=I'm a sucker for dogs: Kammie has trained her well and I can't walk past one in the pair have allowed us street without stopping and having a conversation, sometimes without bothering to speak to share some the owners, so a book of pictures of their conversationsdogs was going to be right up my street. [[Conversations with Kammie The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagram, run by Annie Ingram|Full Review]] <!-- Mattinson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mattinson_PuppyAhmed 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/1785034375?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785034375]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Choosing in fact I wasn't even intending to read the Perfect Puppy by Pippa Mattinson]]===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[[image:4.5star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{Prendergast_Digger|title=Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident|author=Kate Prendergast|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets=5|genre=Pets]], [[:Category:Home and Family|Home and Family]] If summary=I'm going to tell you have ever, for even a fleeting momentstory about Dog, thought about getting a puppyMan, you really ought to read this bookLady and the Pup. Too many people are carried away They all work on an industrial site - in the heat of the moment fact, Dog and ''must'' have Man live there in a particular breed caravan and go ahead without any thought Man drives the sort of digger which is dreamed about by boys large and small. Lady and the consequences. They then have to live with Pup run the problems which snack bar and one day as they're all having something to eat, the Pup goes missing. Man and Lady search everywhere but it'might's Dog' have been avoided for s sharp ears which finally track him down - caught in a branch over a decade or morefast-flowing stream. The puppy and the adult dog also has to live with an owner And it's Dog who might not be able works out how to accommodate his needsrescue him. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is my goI needed 88 words to tell you that story, but Kate Prendergast does it without using a single one -to author on matters dog related: and she talks sense. She doesn't try tells it in a far more engaging way than I could ever manage.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Strachan_50Cat|title=50 Games to talk you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the facts and allows you to make your own decisions. [[Choosing the Perfect Puppy by Pippa MattinsonPlay With Your Cat|Full Review]]author=Jackie Strachan <!-- dogsofinstagram -->|rating=5|-genre=Pets| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:instagram_dogsCats love to play.jpg|left|link=https://wwwIt is written in their DNA.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1452151970?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagFrom kittenhood onward, an innate curiosity about the world around them spurs cats to view everything as a potential plaything. For cats, the desire to play helps them to hone their hunting skills. 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If you are stuck for ideas 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.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Leask_Miracle[[image:3.5star.jpg|linktitle=CategoryMiracle:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:PetsThe extraordinary dog that refused to die|Pets]], [[:Category:Artauthor=Amanda Leask|Art]]rating=4|genre=PetsI'm a sucker for |summary=Amanda Leask has been obsessed with dogs: I canall her life and it't walk past one in s been an obsession which needs the street without stopping world and having a conversation, sometimes without bothering lot of its attitudes to speak dogs to change for the owners, so a book of pictures of dogs was going better. She's not daunted by the obstacles: she's simply determined to do all that she possibly can to be right up my streetmake the world a better place for dogs. The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagramAmanda lives with her husband Tobias, run by Ahmed El Shourbagy son Kyle and his wife Ashley more than twenty rescue and launched just four years ago gives us this book of over four hundred photographs of sled dogsnear Inverness. Originally I had no intention of reviewing it: in fact I wasnVery nice, you're probably thinking. Wouldn't even intending to read the book, just we all like to have that sort of lifestyle? But hold on a quick flick through, but within five minutes I was showing other people in the office the picture of the Weimaraner riding a bicycle. [[Dogs on Instagram by @dogsofinstagram|Full Review]] <!-- Prendergast -->minute.}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Prendergast_Train| styletitle="widthDog on a Train: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Special Delivery|author=Kate Prendergast[[image:Prendergast_Digger.jpg|leftrating=5|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910646148?iePets|summary=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910646148]]  | style="vertical-alignIt's one of those mornings for Boy: top; textlate out of bed he grabs at his hat and hurtles out of the house to catch his train -align: left;"|===[[only he drops his hat as he goes through the door and Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast]]=== [[image:5starchases after him with the hat in his mouth.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Art|Art]] I'm going They head to tell you a story about the tube station (Dog, Man, Lady and doesn't forget to wait at the Pup. They all work on an industrial site - zebra crossing) with boy just twenty or so yards in fact front, but Dog and Man live there in a caravan and Man drives is losing ground as he has to find someone to carry him on the sort of digger which is dreamed about by boys large and smallescalator. Lady and He misses Boy's train and has to wait for the Pup run the snack bar and next one day as they're all having something to eat, 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 stream. And it's Dog who works out how remembers his manners well enough to rescue himstand up so that an old lady can have his seat. I needed 88 words Will he catch up with boy when he reaches London Kings Cross?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mattinson_Labrador|title=The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide to tell you that story, but Kate Prendergast does it without using a single one - and she tells it in a far more engaging way than I could ever managetraining and caring for your Labrador|author=Pippa Mattinson|rating=4. [[Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast5|Full Review <!-- Strachan -->|-genre=Pets| stylesummary="width: 10In 2014 about 16%; verticalof all pedigree puppies registered with the Kennel Club were Labradors -align: top; textand that's with over 200 breeds to choose from. They're one of the most respected breeds and with good reason -align: center;"|[[image:Strachan_50Cat.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782403531/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbaggreat 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-21]]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 better.}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-alignPerris_Dogs|title=Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book: top; text-align: left;"30 Postcards of Champion Breeds to Keep or Send|author=Andrew Perris|rating=4|genre=Pets|summary=[[50 Games to Play With Your Cat by Jackie Strachan]]=== [[image:5starIf you're looking for a present for a dog lover, Beautiful Dogs might fit the bill.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] Cats love to play. It is written It's a book of thirty postcards, which you can either send or keep in their DNAthe book. From kittenhood onwardYou might expect to find the more usual breeds - Labradors, an innate curiosity about Retrievers and the world around them spurs cats to view everything as a potential plaything. For catslike - but instead, the desire to play helps them to hone their hunting skillsyou'll find more exotic breeds such as the Bedlington Terrier and the Bolognese. For cat owners, it provides an opportunity There's just the one dog or bitch on each card and Andrew Perris has managed to bond with a much-loved pet and create special moments that are entertaining give us an excellent view of the animal whilst allowing it to both cat and human alikelook completely natural. If you are stuck for ideas for games }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Laks_Gentle|title=My Gentle Barn: where animals heal and children learn to play with your cat, or would simply like to try something new, then 50 Games To Play With Your Cat provides plenty of inspirationhope|author=Ellie Laks|rating=4. [[50 Games to Play With Your Cat by Jackie Strachan|Full Review]] <!-- Leask -->5|-genre=Pets| stylesummary="width: 10%; verticalAs 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. Her only relief came through animals -align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Leask_Miracleand even then she had to cope when the animals were taken from her.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032550/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagAs an adult, she discovered that she had a real talent for healing animals -21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Miracle: The extraordinary dog and that refused they helped her to die by Amanda Leask]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}heal too. In a brilliant leap of intuition, she realised that if the animals could help her to heal they could do the same for others and so the Gentle Barn was born - a place where animals were brought as a place of safety and where disadvantaged children and special needs groups could use as therapy.}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category{{Frontpage|isbn=Mattinson_Happy|title=The Happy Puppy Handbook:PetsYour Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training|author=Pippa Mattinson|rating=4.5|genre=Pets]] Amanda Leask has been obsessed with dogs all her life and it's been an obsession which needs the world and a lot |summary=Unfortunately far too many people acquire puppies because of it's attitudes to dogs to change for the betteraww. She's not daunted by the obstacles: she'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. factor. They look gorgeous, son Kyle and more than twenty rescue and sled dogs near Inverness. Very nicecuddly, you're probably thinking. Wouldn't we all cute - rather like an animated soft toy - and there are people who have to have that sort of lifestyle? But hold on a minuteone. Now. [[Miracle: The extraordinary dog reality is that refused to die by Amanda Leask|Full Review]] <!bringing a puppy into your home -into your life - Prendergast -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Prendergast_Train.jpg|link=http://wwwrequires 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.amazonDo 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.co.uk/dp/1910646083/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-alignRosenfelt_Puppy|title=The Puppy Express: left;"On the road with 25 rescue dogs . . . what could go wrong?|author=David Rosenfelt|rating=4.5|genre=Pets|summary=[[Dog on a Train: The Special Delivery by Kate Prendergast]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] ItIf 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's one of those mornings for Boy: late out of bed he grabs at his hat ve already had too much change and trauma in their lives and it's obvious that crating them and hurtles out of flying them across the house country isn't going to catch his train work. They couldn't all go together and the trip would take about twenty- only he drops his hat as he goes through four hours with all the door changes - and Dog chases after him with the hat in his mouth. They head that's before you even begin to think about the tube station (Dog doesn't forget to wait at prohibitive cost. In the zebra crossing) with boy just twenty or so yards in frontend, the answer was a convoy of three motorhomes, but Dog is losing ground as he has to find someone to carry him on the escalator. He misses Boy's train addition of nine helpers and has to wait for just about non-stop driving across the next onecontinent. Fun, but remembers his manners well enough to stand up so that an old lady can have his seat. Will he catch up with boy when he reaches London Kings Crosseh? [[Dog on a Train: The Special Delivery by Kate Prendergast}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]]isbn=Morris_Iamcat|title=I am Cat (mini edition)<!-- Mattinson -->|author=Jackie Morris|-rating=4| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mattinson_Labrador.jpgPets|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785030914/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide to training 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 caring for your Labrador by Pippa Mattinson]]===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.}}{{Frontpage[[image:4.5star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:PetsKatz_Dog|Pets]]title=The Dog Nobody Loved|author=Jon KatzIn 2014 about 16% of all pedigree puppies registered with the Kennel Club were Labradors - and that|rating=4|genre=Pets|summary=When we first meet Jon Katz he's with over 200 breeds to choose from. They're one not in a good place: his marriage of the most respected breeds and with good reason thirty- great as gundogs, brilliant in the show ring five years was breaking up and he was close to a wonderful part of the family to bootnervous breakdown. He didn't need any more problems. Author Pippa Mattinson is He particularly ''didn't'' need a zoologist and founder of The Gundog Trust. She supports modernyoung rescue dog, science-based dog training methods - but her passion is about helping people to enjoy their dogs. If youa Rottweiler/Shepherd mix, who're looking for advice about Labradorsd been living wild, she is going to be difficult contend with and to betterupset the fragile equilibrium of the life he lived with his animals on Bedlam Farm. [[The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide Frieda was near feral but devoted to training her rescuer, Maria Wulf and caring for your Labrador by Pippa Mattinson|Full Review]] <!-- Perris -->|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.}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Coren_Dogs[[image:Perris_Dogs.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782401660/ref=nosimDo Dogs Dream?tag: Nearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know|author=thebookbag-21]]Stanley Coren|rating=4.5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Pets|summary===[[Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book: 30 Postcards of Champion Breeds If you love dogs this book is an absolute gem. It's not going to explain to you how to Keep feed or Send by Andrew Perris]]=== [[image:4startrain your dog. There's no advice on first aid or when you should seek advice from the vet.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] If you're looking for a present for a What you get are seventy-two essays on subjects which dog loverlovers ponder on, Beautiful Dogs might fit each one just two or three pages long and written in terms which the billlayman can understand. It I's a book of thirty postcards, which you can either send or keep in ve opened the book. You might expect to find the more usual breeds - Labradorsat random and found ''Why Do Dogs Touch Noses?'', Retrievers ''Do Dogs Recognize Themselves in a Mirror?'' and the like - but instead you'll find more exotic breeds such as the Bedlington Terrier and the Bolognese. 'Why Do Puppies Sleep in a Pile?'' There's just the one nothing there that you absolutely ''have'' to know so that you can keep a dog or bitch as he should be kept but by the time that you've finished you will know him a lot better.}}Move 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: 30 Postcards of Champion Breeds to Keep or Send by Andrew Perris|Full Review]] <!-- Laks -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Laks_Gentle.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099584883/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[My Gentle Barn: where animals heal and children learn to hope by Ellie Laks]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] As 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. Her only relief came through animals - and even then she had to cope when the animals were taken from her. As an adult she discovered that she had a real talent for healing animals - and that they helped her to heal too. In a brilliant leap of intuition she realised that if the animals could help her to heal they could do the same for others and so the Gentle Barn was born - a place where animals were brought as 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 by Ellie Laks|Full Review]] <!-- Mattinson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[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 [[Newest Politics 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 ReviewSociety Reviews]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|}