Saturday, March 23, 2013

 If you read my blog or my books, you know I am a dog with strong opinions about the superiority of dogs. I think this truth should be self-evident, but since so many humans don’t get it, I keep trying to teach this message. 

So, you can imagine my excitement to find a book called Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from My Dog. It’s apparently by one of the humans who gets it. His name is Richard Smith.

This is a PERFECT choice for my first official book review, because Mr. Smith and I are clearly on the same mission. 

There are many observations in his book that are so obvious and simple that even a human can understand them. Here are three of my favorites.

You can see the book in the little box to the right. Click on it to find out what humans think of it, though I don't know why THAT would be important. 

Here is some of the deep dog wisdom that Mr. Smith somehow has learned.

1. Don’t be afraid to explore.
2. Get a good eighteen hours sleep a day.
3. Your personal (human) assistant is always on duty.

Well! I could expound on the brilliance of these observations, but you should read the book for more. I believe that, combined with my stories and parables, Mr. Smith’s book would be a wonderful course of study in the University of Life.

This book ends with a very nice thought: it’s never too late to have a happy puppyhood!

ALL dogs know this, of course, and humans would be much, much happier if they would simply read this important book, learn the simple maxims, and be more like a dog.

Wag more. Bark less!












Tuesday, March 5, 2013

A Dog Talks About Books About Dogs

 I'm a dog writer, of course, so of course I'm a reader, too. I don't think you can be a writer if you're not an avid reader. Sometimes I get down on the floor with a book and work on it, page by page, and sometimes I just listen to my translator and scribe reading.

Since there are SO many great books ABOUT dogs, and quite a few wonderful books BY dogs, I decided to add a small book-review section to my blog.

I won't do full, school-type book reviews, because I'm a busy dog, you know. Even so, and with my busy writing and barking schedule, I make time every day to read. That's the way you become wiser and wiser, I think.

 So, from time to time, as I come across dog-worthy books, I'll mention them here. If possible, I'll put them in the little Amazon box to the side so you can go find out more with just a mouse click.

Here's one example of a how-to book for humans that will HELP them with dogs. It's PhoDOGraphy, and I think that is a FANTASTIC title. Shouldn't other words be dog-ified? Yes, and I'm the dog to work on that project.

I'm putting that on my to-do list: work on dogifying more words.

Watch for my short review of this fine book coming soon. (By the way, the dog on the cover doesn't really have a blue nose. I believe that's called 'artistic license.' I know because I also have an artistic license.)

 Next, I'll look at classic books for children, such as this most excellent book. If you are a careful reader, you'll know that I sometimes quote Go, Dog. Go! That's because, when I was a puppy, there was a little human in our house who LOVED this book, so I heard it read out loud hundreds of times.

So, I know it's a good book. Children's books will be another of my regular categories.

And then, there is my favorite category: books BY dogs. You'd be surprised at how many of us dog authors there are, and when I find them, I'll read and report on them.

I'm a dog who loves sharing. For example, this book, Bassa's World, is a very fine book by a dog who lives halfway around the world from me, although we both live in Georgia. (Obviously, different Georgias!)

I look forward to telling you about this wonderful book, because I really enjoyed learning about Bassa's world.


Finally, I'll review lots of books of a miscellaneous sort, such as this collection of brilliant quotes from humans about us dogs.

As you know, most humans are very limited in their abilities, so it is an unalloyed joy when I find a huge collection of this kind of wisdom from humans, rather than the usual foolishness! I'll report on this book soon, and will also give you a few of my favorite quotes.

So . . . I hope you will enjoy my book reviews, and I also hope you will support these wonderful dog-authors AND human authors by buying their books.

When humans learn more about dogs, they can become more like us, and then the world will be a better place!