If you've ever loved a dog, you'll know the magic they can work on a human being, and in Second Chance, Elizabeth Wrenn tells the story of the magic worked in Deena Munger's life. In the first few pages Deena asks, "How did I end up here?" - she means as the owner of a cat when she is really a dog person, but she has bigger problems in her life.
After the death of his beloved dog Merle, Ted Kerasote was bereft. He wrote the beautiful book Merle's Door and soon Merle was celebrated by countless dog lovers around the world who took to heart the story of the young stray dog who found his soul mate, and the life they lived together. Pukka's Promise picks up Ted's story as he searches for his next canine companion.
If you are lucky enough to write a book that captures the heart of the dog world in the way Merle’s Door did, how on earth do you follow it? Well author Ted Kerasote has very wisely left the talking up to his current dog, and the result is Pukka: The Pup After Merle.
Just about everyone's heard of, if not read Fifty Shades of Grey - but did you know that a gentle romance involving dog owners belonging to a walking group replaced it as Amazon UK's best selling ebook? That book is Alice Peterson's Monday to Friday Man.
Gentle Dog Training, subtitled no hitting no shouting is by Michael Hasbrook and has the interested motto, "A sentence aimed at your dog should contain a subject a verb and a compliment." It's an interesting approach, and the book poses some equally interesting questions, for example the first chapter is called, "Are you suited to owning a dog?" Reassuringly Michael is of the opinion that, "no one is born a good master; you become one."
When Belinda Harley goes on holiday to the Greek island of Paxos, she encounters and falls in love with a dog called Goofy. Goofy is just as keen on Belinda as she is on him, and he makes it clear that he wants to remain with her. Goofy already has owners, but frankly that is the least of the obstacles that lie between him, Belinda and happy every after.
Dogs Trust, the UK dog charity with the famous slogan, “A dog is for life not just for Christmas,” has brought out a book called Rescue Me – How to successfully rehome a rescue dog which is full of useful advice about adopting a dog from a shelter. It starts with a section on choosing a rescue dog and covers such issues as what your lifestyle is like, whether to adopt a puppy or adult, big or small, and even one or two dogs. There’s advice on what to expect at the centre, and useful checklists clarify the advice in the text.
Alexandra Horowitz’s Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know offers a captivating view of doghood, one simultaneously grounded in strict science and sheer love. With a title whimsically drawn from a Groucho Marx quote (“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read”), the book manages to impart weighty biological and behavioral concepts in an entertaining way.
Karen Pryor’s new book, Reaching the Animal Mind, is like a guided tour of cutting-edge animal science. The grand dame of clicker training, as she’s known to many in the dog world, has reached the minds of species from wolves to crabs to ponies to damselfish to elephants. Through her books and seminars, she has taught countless others to do the same using tested principles. This volume only deepens her contribution.
Genevieve is an amazing dog, because she has written one of those books which while reading you constantly find yourself taking the book to your partner/child/mother/whoever’s in the house with you, saying, “Listen to this!” Then you read them an amusing extract from the book and you both laugh. And believe me in this book you are spoiled for choice over which amusing extract to share.