The New Yorkers, Cathleen Schine’s novel about life, love and death of the humans and dogs on one New York block, is a gentle reminder of how dogs are oftentimes the best parts of our lives.
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Have you ever asked yourself if you should be feeding canned food, dry food or even cooking for your pets? Have you ever wondered what all those terms on the pet food bags mean? Have you ever just wanted more information on what your pets should be eating? If you answered, “yes,” then pick up a copy of Pet Food Nation by Joan Weiskopf. It’s a helpful and informative addition to any pet owners library.
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Another Day, Another Dog by Trevor Rowe is a gentle memoir. Imagine you wander into a small English village, find the ancient, inviting pub and open the door to a cool, quiet inner sanctum of a room. You notice an interesting older man sitting in the corner with a few friends. As you listen (you aren’t really eavesdropping because the room is small enough and there aren’t too many people here now that you can easily hear the Englishman’s monologue) you catch yourself being drawn into his stories.
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Have you ever watched a cat or a few cats interact with life and wonder what was going on in those petable heads? I bet most of us have. We know there is a whole secret life in front of us but those sometimes diffident kitties just won’t deign to share it with us.
Jonnie Paws and Carol Claws have pulled aside the veil and let the rest of us peak into the daily lives, adventures and trials of one cat, Willi Whizkas, and his assorted neighborhood friends in this gentle book, Willi Whizkas: Tall Tales and Lost Lives.
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This title says it all. Doc Halligan’s What Every Pet Owner Should Know is exactly that. It’s a well written, straight-forward book that lays out the basics of pet care in a way that everyone can understand and use.
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The Lazy Dog’s Guide to Enlightenment is like a Zen koan. It is sublimely simple yet almost startling in its clarity. We as humans almost seem to revel in our complexity yet as authors Andrea Hurst and Beth Wilson show, sometimes life is better understood through simplicity. Hurst and Wilson help us see through the eyes of our oftentimes wiser canine friends.
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Great idea! I recently got a chance to try out the PetSafe Micro ID Collar and was impressed. This smart little device is a USB memory stick attached to a collar. The memory stick comes out so you can load lots of important info, including your pet’s photo, on it. Then if your pet is lost anyone finding your pet who has a computer or access to one can read all about your pet, including how to get him or her home, any medical conditions, name, etc.
It’s very easy to use except for one thing — initially getting the memory stick out of the holder. I have lessened strength in my hands so I had to get help getting the stick twisted free of the holder the first time. It’s a little tricky but someone else was able to do it. After the first time, it was fairly easy to twist the stick free. As for use of the program on the memory stick, that was easy. It’s all laid out and easy to walk through.
On the whole, this is a potentially life-saving device for any dog or cat who could possibly get loose outside their home. And isn’t that most of them?
Here’s what the PetGadget site has to say about the PetSafe Micro ID Rescue Collar:
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This is THE book to get if you love mutts, have mutts, want mutts or are looking for a gift for someone who also loves/has/wants mutts! A Celebration of Mutts: The Underdog is a must have dog book for everyone!
Author Julia Szabo has written a book that absolutely, positively should be on every mutt-lover’s shelf! Make that every dog lover’s shelf! This is a wonderful, fun, informative read that keeps drawing you in for more! Marvelously writtten and seductively illustrated, I couldn’t read it for just a few minutes. Instead, I kept getting swept in through chapter after chapter of little-known facts about mutts, revealing celebrity admissions of mutt love and mutt mix information.
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Have you recently lost a dog to the Rainbow Bridge? Do you know someone else who has lost a furry loved one? Have you ever lost a furbaby and still grieve him or her? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions you need to read The Wonderful of Dog by Baby, a wise old soul who spent 13.5 years in the body of a female Miniature Schnauzer.
I’ve read over The Wonderful of Dog several times now and EVERY time it brings me to tears. Not the sort of trickle-out-your-eyes tears but the sobbing-with-red-runny-nose sort of tears. It’s just that strong.
So what is this almost tiny book about that it can cause me to run for the tissues every time I merely glance through it? Baby is writing a sort of diary for her human after she has already died. She is telling him the highs and lows of her life. But most importantly, she is telling him the meaning of her life. Through her we see ourselves, our furbabies and our own meaning in life. The veil is pulled back for a few moments. Truth, the kind you only feel in the pit of your stomach, sings through every page!
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Do you like dragons, Basset Hounds and adventurous women who know which end of a sword to grab? If the answer is yes, then definitely check out The Blue Flame!
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