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|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.
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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15"Ingram_Kammie|title=Conversations with Kammie<!-- Pickles -->|author=Annie Ingram|-rating=4| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Humour[[image:Pickles_Worzel.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/1787111601?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagYou see, Annie knows something which has been self-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1787111601]] | style="vertical-alignevident to me for a long time: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Worzel says hello! Will dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and not just on a level of food! walk! or play!. 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He'd like to meet you though: can you see that nose just poking out from the side of the sofa? Now hemust''s peering over the cushion - have a particular breed and finally, hego ahead without any thought about the consequences. They then have to live with the problems which ''might's risking leaving that very safe place he's found, behind the sofahave been avoided for a decade or more. The puppy and the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needs. [[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|Full Review:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] <!is my go-- Ingram -->|-| style="widthto author on matters dog related: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-alignshe talks sense. She doesn't try to talk you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy: center;"|she simply presents the facts and allows you to make your own decisions.}}{{Frontpage[[image:Ingram_Kammie.jpg|leftisbn=Pickles_Worzel|linktitle=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785451995Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785451995]] | styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|rating=5|genre===[[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram]]===Pets[[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]]I'd like you to meet Worzel, [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] It was something of but you'll need to do exactly what I say. Worzel is quite a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and her cocker spaniel Kammie. You seebig dog, Annie knows something 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!but that doesn't mean that he's fierce, walk! or play!even very brave. You do require extensive training to become fluentIn fact, he's frightened, but most dogs will be perfectly willing to give their time to teach you and all little as you are, he's frightened of you have to do is listen. Annie has studied hardHe'd like to meet you though: Kammie has trained her well and can you see that nose just poking out from the pair have allowed us to share some side of their conversations. [[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram|Full Review]] <!the sofa? Now he's peering over the cushion -- Mattinson -->and finally, he's risking leaving that very safe place he's found, behind the sofa.}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=instagram_dogs| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Dogs on Instagram[[image:Mattinson_Puppy.jpg|left|linkauthor=https://www@dogsofinstagram|rating=3.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785034375?ie5|genre=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785034375]]Pets| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-alignI'm a sucker for dogs: left;"|===[[Choosing I can't walk past one in the street without stopping and having a conversation, sometimes without bothering to speak to the Perfect Puppy by Pippa Mattinson]]=== [[image:4owners, so a book of pictures of dogs was going to be right up my street.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]]The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagram, [[:Category:Home run by Ahmed El Shourbagy and Family|Home his wife Ashley and Family]] If you have ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a puppy, you really ought to read launched just four years ago gives us this bookof over four hundred photographs of dogs. Too many people are carried away in the heat Originally I had no intention of reviewing it: in fact I wasn't even intending to read the moment and ''must'' book, just to have a particular breed and go ahead without any thought about quick flick through, but within five minutes I was showing other people in the office the consequences. They then have to live with picture of the problems which ''might'' have been avoided for Weimaraner riding a decade or morebicycle. }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Prendergast_Digger|title=Dog on a Digger: The puppy and the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able Tricky Incident|author=Kate Prendergast|rating=5|genre=Pets|summary=I'm going to accommodate his needstell you a story about Dog, Man, Lady and the Pup. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is my goThey all work on an industrial site -to author on matters dog related: she talks sense. She doesn't try to talk you out in fact, Dog and Man live there in a caravan and Man drives the sort of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the facts digger which is dreamed about by boys large and allows you small. Lady and the Pup run the snack bar and one day as they're all having something to make your own decisionseat, the Pup goes missing. [[Choosing the Perfect Puppy by Pippa Mattinson|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- dogsofinstagram -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:instagram_dogsflowing stream. And it's Dog who works out how to rescue him.jpg|left|link=https://wwwI needed 88 words 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 manage.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1452151970?ie}}{{Frontpage|isbn=UTF8&tagStrachan_50Cat|title=thebookbag-21&linkCode50 Games to Play With Your Cat|author=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASINJackie Strachan|rating=1452151970]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Pets|summary===[[Dogs on Instagram by @dogsofinstagram]]=== [[image:3Cats love to play.5starIt is written in their DNA.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]]From kittenhood onward, an innate curiosity about the world around them spurs cats to view everything as a potential plaything. For cats, [[:Category:Art|Art]] I'm the desire to play helps them to hone their hunting skills. For cat owners, it provides an opportunity to bond with a sucker for dogs: I can't walk past one in the street without stopping much-loved pet and having a conversation, sometimes without bothering create special moments that are entertaining to speak both cat and human alike. If you are stuck for ideas for games to the ownersplay with your cat, so a book of pictures of dogs was going or would simply like to be right up my street. The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagramtry something new, run by Ahmed El Shourbagy and his wife Ashley and launched just four years ago gives us this book then 50 Games To Play With Your Cat provides plenty of over four hundred photographs of dogsinspiration. 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[[Dogs on Instagram by @dogsofinstagramdie|author=Amanda Leask|rating=4|Full Review]]genre=Pets <!-- Prendergast -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Prendergast_Digger|summary=Amanda Leask has been obsessed with dogs all her life and it's been an obsession which needs the world and a lot of its attitudes to dogs to change for the better.jpg|left|link=httpsShe's not daunted by the obstacles://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910646148?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910646148]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast]]===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, son Kyle and more than twenty rescue and sled dogs near Inverness. Very nice, you're probably thinking. Wouldn't we all like to have that sort of lifestyle? But hold on a minute.}}{{Frontpage[[image:5star.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For SharingPrendergast_Train|For Sharing]], [[title=Dog on a Train:Category:ArtThe Special Delivery|Art]]author=Kate Prendergast|rating=5|genre=PetsI|summary=It'm going s one of those mornings for Boy: late out of bed he grabs at his hat and hurtles out of the house to tell you a story about catch his train - only he drops his hat as he goes through the door and Dog, Man, Lady and chases after him with the Puphat in his mouth. They all work on an industrial site - in fact head to the tube station (Dog and Man live there doesn't forget to wait at the zebra crossing) with boy just twenty or so yards in a caravan and Man drives the sort of digger which front, but Dog is dreamed about by boys large and smalllosing ground as he has to find someone to carry him on the escalator. Lady He misses Boy's train and has to wait for the Pup run the snack bar and one day as they're all having something to eatnext one, 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 streamremembers his manners well enough to stand up so that an old lady can have his seat. And it's Dog who works out how Will he catch up with boy when he reaches London Kings Cross?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mattinson_Labrador|title=The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide to rescue him. I needed 88 words 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 manage. [[Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast|Full Review <!-- Strachan training and caring for your Labrador|author=Pippa Mattinson|rating=4.5|genre=Pets|summary=In 2014 about 16% of all pedigree puppies registered with the Kennel Club were Labradors - and that's with over 200 breeds to choose from. They're one of the most respected breeds and with good reason -great 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->|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="width: 10%; vertical-alignPerris_Dogs|title=Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book: top; text-align: center;"30 Postcards of Champion Breeds to Keep or Send|author=Andrew Perris|rating=4[[image:Strachan_50Cat.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782403531/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Pets| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[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 to bond with a much-loved pet There's just the one dog or bitch on each card and create special moments that are entertaining Andrew Perris has managed to 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 Strachan5|Full Review]] <!-- Leask -->|-| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Pets[[image:Leask_Miracle.jpg|linksummary=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032550/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Miracle: The extraordinary dog that refused 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 die by Amanda Leask]]=== [[image:4starher.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] Amanda Leask has been obsessed with dogs all her life Her only relief came through animals - and it's been an obsession which needs the world and a lot of it's attitudes even then she had to dogs to change for cope when the betteranimals were taken from her. She's not daunted by the obstacles: she's simply determined to do all As an adult, she discovered that she possibly can to make the world had a better place real talent for dogs. Amanda lives with healing animals - and that they helped her husband Tobias, son Kyle and more than twenty rescue and sled dogs near Invernessto heal too. Very niceIn a brilliant leap of intuition, you're probably thinking. Wouldn't we all like to have she realised that sort of lifestyle? But hold on if the animals could help her to heal they could do the same for others and so the Gentle Barn was born - a minute. [[Miracle: The extraordinary dog that refused to die by Amanda Leask|Full Review]]place where animals were brought as a place of safety and where disadvantaged children and special needs groups could use as therapy.}}{{Frontpage<!-- Prendergast -->|isbn=Mattinson_Happy|-title=The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Pippa Mattinson|rating=4.5[[image:Prendergast_Train.jpg|linkgenre=http://wwwPets|summary=Unfortunately far too many people acquire puppies because of the aww..amazon.cofactor.uk/dp/1910646083/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagThey look gorgeous, cuddly, cute -21]] | style="verticalrather like an animated soft toy -align: top; textand there are people who have to have one. Now. 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Do get it well in advance.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}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.}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets{{Frontpage|Pets]]isbn=Rosenfelt_Puppy It's one of those mornings for Boy|title=The Puppy Express: late out of bed he grabs at his hat and hurtles out of the house to catch his train - only he drops his hat as he goes through the door and Dog chases after him with the hat in his mouthOn the road with 25 rescue dogs . . . what could go wrong?|author=David Rosenfelt|rating=4. They head to the tube station (Dog doesn5|genre=Pets|summary=If you't forget to wait at the zebra crossing) re moving home from Southern California with boy just twenty or so yards -five rescue dogs how, exactly, do you do it? Add in front, but Dog is losing ground as he has to find someone to carry him on the escalator. He misses Boythat these are mostly elderly dogs who's train ve already had too much change and trauma in their lives and has to wait for it's obvious that crating them and flying them across the next one, but remembers his manners well enough country isn't going to stand up so that an old lady can have his seatwork. Will he catch up They couldn't all go together and the trip would take about twenty-four hours with boy when he reaches London Kings Cross? [[Dog on all the changes - and that's before you even begin to think about the prohibitive cost. In the end, the answer was a Train: The Special Delivery by Kate Prendergast|Full Review]]convoy of three motorhomes, the addition of nine helpers and just about non-stop driving across the continent. Fun, eh?<!-- Mattinson -->}}|-{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Morris_Iamcat[[image:Mattinson_Labrador.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785030914/refI am Cat (mini edition)|author=nosim?tagJackie Morris|rating=thebookbag-21]] 4| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Pets|summary===[[The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide You're always supposed to training tell when a dog is dreaming – the twitching limbs and caring for your Labrador by Pippa Mattinson]]=== [[image:4jerking joints allegedly proving the sleeping Fido is imagining himself on the chase.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] In 2014 about 16% of all pedigree puppies registered with Cats are, as always, a bit more secretive, but Jackie Morris offers evidence here that they are more or less thinking the Kennel Club were Labradors - same thing – even the domestic moggy, curled up and that's with over 200 breeds to choose from. They're closed in, is picturing a different self – one of sleeking through snows, relaxing on the most respected breeds and with good reason - great as gundogs, brilliant in savannah or alertly moving through its territory. It's a very pleasant view into the show ring and a wonderful part mindset of the family to bootcats. Author Pippa Mattinson is a zoologist and founder of }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Katz_Dog|title=The Gundog Trust. She supports modern, scienceDog Nobody Loved|author=Jon Katz|rating=4|genre=Pets|summary=When we first meet Jon Katz he's not in a good place: his marriage of thirty-based dog training methods - but her passion is about helping people five years was breaking up and he was close to enjoy their dogsa nervous breakdown. If you He didn're looking for advice about Labradors, she is going t need any more problems. He particularly ''didn't'' need a young rescue dog, a Rottweiler/Shepherd mix, who'd been living wild, to be difficult contend with and to better. [[The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide upset the fragile equilibrium of the life he lived with his animals on Bedlam Farm. 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=httpDo Dogs Dream?://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782401660/refNearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know|author=nosim?tagStanley Coren|rating=thebookbag-21]]4.5|genre=Pets| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[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 Keep or Send by Andrew Perris]]=== [[image:4staryou how to feed or train your dog.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] If There's no advice on first aid or when you're looking for a present for a dog lover, Beautiful Dogs might fit should seek advice from the billvet. It's a book of thirty postcards 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 you the layman can either send or keep in understand. I've opened the book. You might expect to find the more usual breeds - Labradors, Retrievers at random and the like - but instead youfound ''Why Do Dogs Touch Noses?'', ''Do Dogs Recognize Themselves in a Mirror?''ll find more exotic breeds such as the Bedlington Terrier and the Bolognese. There's just the one 'Why Do Puppies Sleep in a Pile?'' There's nothing there that you absolutely ''have'' to know so that you can keep a dog or bitch on each card and Andrew Perris has managed to give us an excellent view of as he should be kept but by the animal whilst allowing it time that you've finished you will know him a lot better.}}Move on 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 ReviewNewest Politics and Society Reviews]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|}
