Books?

• 02-04-2010 12:38 AM

  DumDog Joined on 04-02-2007 North Florida Posts 5,055 Points 230

  Books? Reply Contact  not the training kind ... but has anyone got a favourite dog related book? either biography or fiction... i'm into the classics mostly.. Jack London's dog stories always appealed to me more than any other as a kid, and i read one called Dogsbody several years ago.. and a few about wolves or northern breed (Farley Mowat, Walk Across America etc) Another top fav. is one called Thor by Wayne Smith (they made a movie about it called Bad Moon,but i warn you to avoid this one.... its barf worthy!!) But i'm always looking for new reading material.. without going to Amazon and typing "Dogs" in the search bar lol

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• 02-04-2010 6:37 AM

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  spiritdogs Joined on 09-10-2007 Posts 12,422 Points 1,045

  Re: Books? Reply Contact  The Art of Racing in the Rain Regional Director for Massachusetts, International Positive Dog Training Association Director, SeniorCare Pawsitive Connections Program AKC CGC Evaluator #3669 Therapy Dogs, Inc. Tester/Observer Sioux, CGC, TDInc. Maska, CGC, TDInc. Sequoyah, CGC Fergie, Retired Lap Dog, Age 20 1/2 Dancer, CGC, TDInc. (1989-2006) #1 Heart Dog In memory of Mike, please become an organ donor today. "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys." - Chief Dan George "The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be." ~ Konrad Lorenz

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• 02-04-2010 7:15 AM

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  JackieG Joined on 04-15-2008 Central Texas Posts 7,184 Points 705	Re: Books? Reply Contact The Dogs of Windcutter Down by David Kennard.
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• 02-04-2010 7:38 AM

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  georgie4682 Joined on 09-10-2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Posts 1,831 Points 430	Re: Books? Reply Contact I really like Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Love and Anguish by Mark R. Levin. GeorgAnne, Max (GSD/cattledog - 11 years), Benny (pom - 4 years) - CGC, and Finn (basenji mix) 1 year - CGC Buster - greyhound mix - 9/1994-2/7/09 Lady - Beagle/terrier- 1994 - 11/25/09
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• 02-04-2010 8:32 AM

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  calliecritturs Joined on 09-10-2007 Central Florida Posts 11,971 Points 3,770

  Re: Books? Reply Contact Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders -- it's old (you can get it on the Guttenberg Project website if you want)  -- pub about 1876.  It's hard to read at first because Joe's owner was such an abuser.  It was the beginnings of "rescue".  Truly a classic. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller

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• 02-04-2010 9:14 AM

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  twelvepaws Joined on 09-10-2007 Wisconsin Posts 715 Points 5

  Re: Books? Reply Contact If you haven't read it, Merle's Door.  It is my all time favorite.   Right now I'm reading Karen Pryor's Reaching the Animal Mind.  It's about dogs and other animals, too, including us!  Every page is a delight.  One of my all time favorites, if you like the older humorists, is James Thurber's "The Dog Who Bit People."  I have this book in my collection and it's the only book I ever re-read.  It completely cracks me up.  It's about his boyhood dog, which is an Airedale and rather unbalanced. I suppose I find it funny becuase I had an Airedale whlie growing up and he was beyond unbalanced.  He was a stray who I insisted we get from the shelter, against their recommendations, and he was quite the quirky boy.  We loved him, though, just like comes through in Thurber's book.  It is just a short story, too. Nancy

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• 02-04-2010 9:48 AM

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  AgileGSD Joined on 09-16-2007 Posts 1,346 Points 115	Re: Books? Reply Contact For classics, there are the Sunnybank farms stories about collies (Lad: A Dog, Grey Dawn, Wolf) by Albert Payson Terhune.
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• 02-04-2010 9:57 AM

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  BlackLabbie Joined on 01-28-2008 South of Boston Posts 3,379 Points 280

  Re: Books? Reply Contact twelvepaws: If you haven't read it, Merle's Door.  It is my all time favorite.  I second this. Loved it! I also loved  A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins. Not really 100% about a dog, but a really good book. -Stephanie Apollo- black Labrador Retriever Molson- buff American Cocker Spaniel Patty- black American Cocker Spaniel "Q: If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? A: A dog, so my wife would love me more." -Oscar De La Renta

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• 02-04-2010 10:31 AM

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  crysania Joined on 09-04-2008 Syracuse, NY Posts 193 Points 45

  Re: Books? Reply Contact  I have a huge list that I keep here about what dog books I've read. Some of my favourites memoirs: Mark Doty: Dog Years: A Memoir Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff: Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale David Kennard: A Shepherd's Watch: Through the seasons with one man and his dogs David Kennard: The Dogs of Windcutter Down: One Shepherd's Struggle for Survival Dean Koontz: A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Some of my favourite fictional books: Merrill Markoe: Walking in Circles Before Lying Down Merrill Markoe: Nose Down, Eyes Up Donald McCaig: Nop's Trials Garth Stein: The Art of Racing in the Rain And wolves?  Love them too.   Dorothy Hearst: Promise of the Wolves   There are some others on the list that I really enjoyed and some that I thought were good but not considered to be my favourites.

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• 02-04-2010 12:13 PM

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  thedoc617 Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW- Texas Posts 728 Points 55

  Re: Books? Reply Contact  Lots of them I'd reccomend are already listed here- like Art of Racing in the Rain is right now my favorite dog-related fiction story. Nose down/eyes up and Turning in Circles Before Lying Down are great too. I really like books that take it from the dogs' point of view  One that I also like is called "the dogs of babel" it's really sad, but it's an amazing story. If you like the CSI type of stories, it's good. This man's wife is murdered and the dog is the only witness. Laura "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened" ~Anatole France

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• 02-04-2010 1:03 PM

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  DumDog Joined on 04-02-2007 North Florida Posts 5,055 Points 230

  Re: Books? Reply Contact  Thanks everyone! I'm going to be busy with my wish list today lol I've heard of Dogs of Babel and i THINK i have it already on my list. i know the title and plot is familiar. Peter Jenkins is just a cool writer. i read Walk Across American in high school and it was thought provoking to say the least. and i cried when he buried Cooper. But he has another book, Looking for Alaska that is in my To Be Read pile. i saw it at the library but havent been back to get it. i will one day though!  Last night i was looking at my library (yes MY library lol) and i noticed that i have a lot of reference books, a lot of how to books,, dog encyclopedias and training guides and breed specific books(bulldogs, GSD, Akita, JRT) a few art books, fictional adventures/romance, urban fantasies, horse books of various topics(fiction/training/memoirs)...... and yet..... very few dog related books in the fiction/biography realm! I have Jack Lond's collection, Faithful Ruslan(very sad!! i dare you to read it!) and Thor, ..    I figured i should rectify that oversight and try to get more books about my favourite subject. I bought two new books recently about hunting hounds... one is a sickening display of no imagination and almost copies Where the Red Fern Grows to the letter.. only its one hound instead of two. i couldnt finish it.... its called the Wire Fence.. and the other is On Coon Mountain. i havent finished it yet either(in the process of reading) but the authors humour is pretty quirky. the first three pages had me laughing at the irony of his birth. but the time frame is during the depression.  Thanks again everyone! keep posting if have any more!

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• 02-04-2010 5:20 PM

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  Chuffy Joined on 12-17-2006 UK Posts 7,885 Points 245	Re: Books? Reply Contact  Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett - I just love the dog character (Gaspode) in this book. "Give a man a fire and he is warm for a day, but set fire to him and he is warm for the rest of his life." - Pratchett, "Jingo"
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• 02-09-2010 12:37 AM

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  Sunshinegirl Joined on 05-03-2007 Florida, USA Posts 1,752 Points 565	Re: Books? Reply Contact Edgar Sawtelle - It was on Oprah's list for a long time as one of her faves... true story Sunshine Girl
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