The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Life for Mr and Mrs Dearly and their dogs, Pongo and Misses, is going well. They live near Regent’s Park in London and are very comfortably well off, Mr Dearly having...
29 March 2014
Monzo’s Diary by Anne M. Cashell
Monzo is a small dog, he usually recognises people by their footwear. He starts out life with “the cruel man” who docks his tale, but soon he comes to live with...
15 January 2014
Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean
The life and legend of the world’s most famous dog While serving during World War I serviceman Lee Duncan came across a little of new born German Shepherd puppies. He took...
21 April 2012
In defence of dogs by John Bradshaw
I watch The Dog Whisperer, and while I enjoy it I’m often put off by Milan’s insistence that the dog wants to be the dominate one of the partnership. And the...
28 September 2011
The dogs of war by Lisa Rogak
Received free from NetGalley. I’m a sucker for an animal story, especially a dog story, so although I thought this would be a fairly fluffy book about US military dogs I...
11 September 2011
Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?
So you all remember that I got a puppy right?
1 July 2011
Week 1 in the Ripley house
And things are going well for house-mate Ripley.
Yeah, that’s enough of that, but I do hope you were reading it in a suitable accent, that being the Geordie one. Anyway, Ripley has been with us now for 4 full days and she is settling in well. On Friday we went to the vets and she got her first round of vaccinations so she spent the afternoon and evening recovering and was then up bright and early that night to let us know the effects had worn off.
12 June 2011
February spotlight by Emily Gravett
One of the nice things about working in a library & processing all those new books is that you come across titles you normally never would. For instance I don’t often...
13 February 2011
Inside of a dog by Alexandra Horowitz
What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
Like the author I am a dog person, I like cats too, don’t get me wrong. Actually I like all animals, but there is nothing quite like having a dog about the place. And any pet-owner likes to know that they are doing their best for their dog, and most love to know what is going on in their heads. So I really enjoyed reading this book. The author is a scientist; she teaches psychology and has worked with many animals, including dogs. But this is not a science-book per se. It is easy to understand, and easy to read. But it has the science behind it, as well as plenty of anecdotes. Which, I know, aren’t scientific, but it still makes for a good read.
6 February 2011
2011 #2
Oh dear, I haven’t been very weekly with this now have I? Anyways, this is a picture of the mutt, up on the couch like a very naughty puppy.
1 February 2011
The dog that hasn’t missed a single riot for years dir. by Jody Hill
There has been lots of riots and protests from both anarchists and workers in Athens, Greece specially the past few years. One interesting thing is that there is one dog that...
6 May 2010
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