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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15"Mattinson_Puppy <!-- Pickles -->|title=Choosing the Perfect Puppy|-author=Pippa Mattinson| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|4.5[[image:Pickles_Worzel.jpg|left|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1787111601?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1787111601]]Home and Family| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Worzel says hello! Will If you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje]]=== [[image:5starhave ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a puppy, you really ought to read this book.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] I Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment and ''must''d like you to meet Worzel, but youhave a particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequences. They then have to live with the problems which 'll need to do exactly what I say. Worzel is quite a big dog, but that doesn't mean that hemight's fierce, ' have been avoided for a decade or even very bravemore. In fact, he's frightened, The puppy and little as you are, he's frightened of youthe adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needs. He'd like to meet you though [[:Category: can you see that nose just poking Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-to author on matters dog related: she talks sense. She doesn't try to talk you out from the side of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the sofa? Now he's peering over the cushion - facts and finally, he's risking leaving that very safe place he's found, behind the sofa. [[allows you to make your own decisions.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Pickles_Worzel|title=Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by |author=Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|Full Review]] <!-- Mattinson -->rating=5|-genre=Pets| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mattinson_PuppyI'd like you to meet Worzel, but you'll need to do exactly what I say.jpg|left|link=https://wwwWorzel is quite a big dog, but that doesn't mean that he's fierce, or even very brave.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785034375?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785034375]] | style="vertical-alignIn fact, he's frightened, and little as you are, he's frightened of you. He'd like to meet you though: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Choosing can you see that nose just poking out from the side of the sofa? Now he's peering over the Perfect Puppy by Pippa Mattinson]]=== [[image:4cushion - and finally, he's risking leaving that very safe place he's found, behind the sofa.5star.jpg}}{{Frontpage|linkisbn=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Petsinstagram_dogs|Pets]], [[:Category:Home and Familytitle=Dogs on Instagram|Home and Family]]author=@dogsofinstagram|rating=3.5|genre=PetsIf you have ever, |summary=I'm a sucker for even dogs: I can't walk past one in the street without stopping and having a fleeting momentconversation, sometimes without bothering to speak to the owners, thought about getting so a puppy, you really ought to read this book. Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment pictures of dogs was going to be right up my street. The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagram, run by Ahmed El Shourbagy and ''must'' have a particular breed his wife Ashley and go ahead without any thought about the consequenceslaunched just four years ago gives us this book of over four hundred photographs of dogs. They then have Originally I had no intention of reviewing it: in fact I wasn't even intending to live with read the problems which ''might'' book, just to have been avoided for a decade or more. The puppy and quick flick through, but within five minutes I was showing other people in the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needsoffice the picture of the Weimaraner riding a bicycle. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Prendergast_Digger|Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-to author title=Dog on matters dog relateda Digger: she talks sense. She doesn't try The Tricky Incident|author=Kate Prendergast|rating=5|genre=Pets|summary=I'm going to talk tell you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents story about Dog, Man, Lady and the facts and allows you to make your own decisionsPup. [[Choosing the Perfect Puppy by Pippa Mattinson|Full Review]] <!They all work on an industrial site -- dogsofinstagram -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:instagram_dogsin fact, Dog and Man live there in a caravan and Man drives the sort of digger which is dreamed about by boys large and small.jpg|left|link=https://wwwLady and the Pup run the snack bar and one day as they're all having something to eat, the Pup goes missing.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1452151970?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagMan and Lady search everywhere but it's Dog's sharp ears which finally track him down - caught in a branch over a fast-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1452151970]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Dogs on Instagram by @dogsofinstagram]]=== [[image:3flowing stream.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]], [[:Category:Art|Art]] I'm And it's Dog who works out how to rescue him. I needed 88 words to tell you that story, but Kate Prendergast does it without using a sucker for dogs: I can't walk past single one - and she tells it in the street without stopping and having a conversation, sometimes without bothering far more engaging way than I could ever manage.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Strachan_50Cat|title=50 Games to speak Play With Your Cat|author=Jackie Strachan|rating=5|genre=Pets|summary=Cats love to the ownersplay. It is written in their DNA. From kittenhood onward, so an innate curiosity about the world around them spurs cats to view everything as a book of pictures of dogs was going to be right up my streetpotential plaything. The wildly popular @dogs_of_instagramFor cats, run by Ahmed El Shourbagy the desire to play helps them to hone their hunting skills. For cat owners, it provides an opportunity to bond with a much-loved pet and his wife Ashley create special moments that are entertaining to both cat and launched just four years ago gives us this book of over four hundred photographs of dogshuman alike. Originally I had no intention of reviewing it: in fact I wasn't even intending to read the bookIf you are stuck for ideas for games to play with your cat, just or would simply like to have a quick flick throughtry something new, but within five minutes I was showing other people in the office the picture then 50 Games To Play With Your Cat provides plenty of the Weimaraner riding a bicycleinspiration. [[Dogs on Instagram by @dogsofinstagram|Full Review]]}}<!-- Prendergast -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Leask_Miracle| styletitle="widthMiracle: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The extraordinary dog that refused to die|author=Amanda Leask|rating=4[[image:Prendergast_Digger.jpg|leftgenre=Pets|linksummary=https://www.amazon.coAmanda 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.uk/gp/product/1910646148?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910646148]]  | style="vertical-alignShe's not daunted by the obstacles: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Dog on she's simply determined to do all that she possibly can to make the world a Digger: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast]]=== [[image:5starbetter place for dogs.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]Amanda lives with her husband Tobias, [[:Category:Art|Art]] Ison Kyle and more than twenty rescue and sled dogs near Inverness. Very nice, you're probably thinking. Wouldn'm going t we all like to tell you have that sort of lifestyle? But hold on a story about Dog, Man, Lady and the Pupminute. They all work }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Prendergast_Train|title=Dog on an industrial site - in fact Dog and Man live there in a caravan and Man drives the sort Train: The Special Delivery|author=Kate Prendergast|rating=5|genre=Pets|summary=It's one of digger which is dreamed about by boys large and small. Lady those mornings for Boy: late out of bed he grabs at his hat and hurtles out of the Pup run house to catch his train - only he drops his hat as he goes through the snack bar door and one day as theyDog chases after him with the hat in his mouth. They head to the tube station (Dog doesn're all having something t forget to eat, wait at the Pup goes missing. Man and Lady search everywhere zebra crossing) with boy just twenty or so yards in front, but it's Dogis losing ground as he has to find someone to carry him on the escalator. He misses Boy'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 train and has to rescue him. I needed 88 words wait for the next one, but remembers his manners well enough to tell you stand up so 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 managean old lady can have his seat. [[Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast|Full ReviewWill he catch up with boy when he reaches London Kings Cross?}}<!-- Strachan -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Mattinson_Labrador| styletitle="widthThe Labrador Handbook: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The definitive guide to training and caring for your Labrador[[image:Strachan_50Cat.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.coPippa Mattinson|rating=4.uk/dp/1782403531/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Pets|summary===[[50 Games In 2014 about 16% of all pedigree puppies registered with the Kennel Club were Labradors - and that's with over 200 breeds to Play With Your Cat by Jackie Strachan]]=== [[image:5starchoose from.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] Cats love 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 playboot. It Author Pippa Mattinson is written in their DNAa zoologist and founder of The Gundog Trust. From kittenhood onwardShe supports modern, an innate curiosity science-based dog training methods - but her passion is about the world around them spurs cats helping people to view everything as a potential playthingenjoy their dogs. For catsIf you're looking for advice about Labradors, the desire she is going to play helps them be difficult to hone their hunting skillsbetter. For cat owners, it provides an opportunity }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Perris_Dogs|title=Beautiful Dogs Postcard Book: 30 Postcards of Champion Breeds to bond with a much-loved pet and create special moments that are entertaining to both cat and human alike. Keep or Send|author=Andrew Perris|rating=4|genre=Pets|summary=If you are stuck 're looking for ideas a present for games to play with your cata dog lover, or would simply like Beautiful Dogs might fit the bill. It's a book of thirty postcards, which you can either send or keep in the book. You might expect to try something newfind the more usual breeds - Labradors, then 50 Games To Play With Your Cat provides plenty of inspirationRetrievers and the like - but instead, you'll find more exotic breeds such as the Bedlington Terrier and the Bolognese. [[50 Games There's just the one dog or bitch on each card and Andrew Perris has managed to Play With Your Cat by Jackie Strachan|Full Review]]give us an excellent view of the animal whilst allowing it to look completely natural.<!-- Leask -->}}|-{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Laks_Gentle[[image:Leask_Miracle.jpg|linktitle=httpMy Gentle Barn://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785032550/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===[[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 die by Amanda Leask]]=== [[image:4starwhat was happening to her.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] Amanda Leask has been obsessed with dogs all Her only relief came through animals - and even then she had to cope when the animals were taken from her life and it's been . As an obsession which needs the world adult, she discovered that she had a real talent for healing animals - and that they helped her to heal too. In a lot brilliant leap of it's attitudes to dogs to change for intuition, she realised that if the better. She's not daunted by the obstacles: she's simply determined animals could help her to heal they could do all that she possibly can to make the world a better same for others and so the Gentle Barn was born - a place where animals were brought as a place for dogs. Amanda lives with her husband Tobias, son Kyle of safety and more than twenty rescue where disadvantaged children and sled dogs near Invernessspecial needs groups could use as therapy. Very nice, you're probably thinking. Wouldn't we all like to have that sort of lifestyle? But hold on a minute. [[Miracle}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mattinson_Happy|title=The Happy Puppy Handbook: The extraordinary dog that refused Your Definitive Guide to die by Amanda LeaskPuppy Care and Early Training|Full Review]] <!-- Prendergast -->author=Pippa Mattinson|-rating=4.5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Pets[[image:Prendergast_Train.jpg|linksummary=http://www.amazonUnfortunately far too many people acquire puppies because of the aww.co.uk/dp/1910646083/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag. factor. They look gorgeous, cuddly, cute -21]]  | style="verticalrather like an animated soft toy -align: top; textand there are people who have to have one. Now. The reality is that bringing a puppy into your home -align: left;"|===[[Dog on a Train: The Special Delivery by Kate Prendergast]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] Itinto 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 one of those mornings for Boy: late out of bed he grabs at his hat and hurtles out of the house to catch his train 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 - only he drops his hat as he goes through but then it will be well worth the door and Dog chases after him with the hat in his mouthcover price if it saves you a great deal of expense and even more heartache. They head to }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Rosenfelt_Puppy|title=The Puppy Express: On the tube station (Dog doesn't forget to wait at the zebra crossing) road with boy just twenty or so yards in front, but Dog is losing ground as he has to find someone to carry him on the escalator25 rescue dogs . . . what could go wrong?|author=David Rosenfelt|rating=4. He misses Boy5|genre=Pets|summary=If you's train and has to wait for the next onere moving home from Southern California with twenty-five rescue dogs how, exactly, but remembers his manners well enough to stand up so 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 an old lady can have his seatcrating them and flying them across the country isn't going to work. 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|-isbn=Morris_Iamcat| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"I am Cat (mini edition)|author=Jackie Morris[[image:Mattinson_Labrador.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785030914/ref4|genre=nosim?tagPets|summary=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide You're always supposed to training and caring for your Labrador by Pippa Mattinson]]=== [[image:4tell when a dog is dreaming – the twitching limbs and jerking 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 same thing – even the Kennel Club were Labradors - 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 the most respected breeds and with good reason - great as gundogssleeking through snows, brilliant in relaxing on the show ring and savannah or alertly moving through its territory. It's a wonderful part of very pleasant view into the family to boot. Author Pippa Mattinson is a zoologist and founder mindset of The Gundog Trustcats. She supports modern, science-based dog training methods - but her passion is about helping people to enjoy their dogs. If you}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Katz_Dog|title=The Dog Nobody Loved|author=Jon Katz|rating=4|genre=Pets|summary=When we first meet Jon Katz he're looking for advice about Labradors, she is going s not in a good place: his marriage of thirty-five years was breaking up and he was close to be difficult to bettera nervous breakdown. [[The Labrador Handbook: The definitive guide 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 training contend with and caring for your Labrador by Pippa Mattinson|Full Review]] <!-- Perris -->|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.}}{{Frontpage| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Perris_Dogs.jpg|linkisbn=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782401660/refCoren_Dogs|title=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 Keep or Send by Andrew Perris]]=== [[image:4starexplain to you 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 should seek advice from the vet. 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 - 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 to look completely naturaltime that you've finished you will know him a lot better. [[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;"|Move on to [[[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 -->|}