tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42829061208480411562024-03-04T22:26:34.412-08:00Hounds In PrintReviews of dog books, old and new, fiction and memoir and essay, with an emphasis on children's fiction.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-35969815875490371292019-12-26T10:07:00.000-08:002019-12-26T10:07:01.843-08:00Champion Dog Prince Tom (1958)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Champion Dog Prince Tom<br />
Jean Fritz and Tom Clute, illustrated by Ernest Hart<br />
1958<br />
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A small blonde spaniel sold as a pet becomes an AKC obedience champion and field trial champion.<br />
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<i>"For sale," he read. "Cocker spaniel puppies."</i><br />
<i>Tom let the paper fall to the floor and he looked dreamily out into Dennis Street. "That's what I'd like," he thought. "A dog."</i><br />
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The true story of an accomplished Cocker Spaniel named Prince, fictionalized slightly through the eyes of his owner (adult Tom Clute) and Nathan, a child who is a friend of Clute's family.<br />
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Readable, fun story of an underestimated dog and his loyal owner. Beautiful illustrations by well-known animal/dog artist Hart.<i> </i> <br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-16837381414568681552016-06-13T20:08:00.002-07:002016-06-13T20:08:27.433-07:00Tango: The Tale of an Island Dog (2009) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tango: The Tale of an Island Dog<br />
Eileen Beha<br />
2009, Bloomsbury<br />
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A Yorkshire Terrier sold in a pet store to a wealthy Manhattan couple who pamper him. On an unwisely early cruise north one spring, their yacht wrecks and the tiny dog known as Tango washes up, half dead, on the shore of a fishing village on Prince Edward Island in Canada.<br />
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Cute cover, Anne of Green Gables connection - what's not to love? The surprisingly magical story involves Tango, a 13-year-old foster child and her mysterious protector fox Beau, a 3-legged cat named Nigel and his band of renegade strays, and retired teacher Augusta Smith. <br />
<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-46616740749392617032015-12-25T17:42:00.000-08:002015-12-25T17:42:03.130-08:00See A White Horse (1963)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Miska Miles, il. Wesley Dennis</div>
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1963, Little, Brown and Company</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The dog looked like a
good farm dog, the kind that could single out a pony from the range, or bring
in the cows without flustering them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Henry Marshall is mourning his dog when a stranger on a
white horse comes riding along, accompanied by a brown dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Henry’s attracted to the dog, but still not
sure. The stranger, on his way East, sells the pony to a neighbor and the dog
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This is a brief, surprising book which I liked more than I’d
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Wesley Dennis, an illustrator best known for horse stories, led me to believe
it was a horse story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out, it’s a
dog story and one with enormous appeal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Henry and the dog, unnamed until the last page, are clearly a match, but
Henry’s not quite ready when he first has the chance to acquire the dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s rare now to see this – the recent
emphasis on rescue and saving dogs means there’s less attention given to
whether a person is ready to take on another dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">About Miska Miles
(1899-)</b></div>
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Patricia Miles Martin also wrote as Jerry Lane and Patricia
A. Miles.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Other books by Miska
Miles – dogs</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Somebody’s Dog</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Dog And The Boat
Boy</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">William’s Dog<br />
The Birthday Present</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Woody’s Big Trouble</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One Special Dog</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Other books by Miska
Miles – equines</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kickapoo </i>(about a
mule)(il. Wesley Dennis)</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pony In The
Schoolhouse</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Bony Pony (as
Patricia Miles Martin)</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Broomtail Bronc (as
Patricia Miles Martin)</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Horse And The Bad
Morning </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friend Of Miguel</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Other books by Miska
Miles – other</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dusty And The Fiddlers</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Annie And The Old One</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aaron’s Door</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jenny’s Cat</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Otter In the Cove</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Small Rabbit</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Swim, Little Duck</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This Little Pig</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tree House Town</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Calvin And The Cub
Scouts</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jump Frog Jump</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trina (aka Trina’s
Boxcar)</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Little Two And The
Peach Tree</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Rice Bowl</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pumpkin Patch</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Be Brave, Charlie</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Long Ago Christmas</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Links</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/11nov/11-14miles.html" target="_blank">Children’s Literature Network</a></div>
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Her horse books at <a href="http://patriciamilesmartin.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/" target="_blank">PonyMadBooklovers</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/martin,pm.htm" target="_blank">de Grummond collection</a></div>
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Give A Dog A Bad Name (published in the US as Smoke Across The Highlands)</div>
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Nigel Tranter (il. Cliff Schule (cover of US version)</div>
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1963, Collins (1964, The Platt & Munck Co.)</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A collie dog was
sitting on its haunches two or three yards away from them, head on one side,
red tongue hanging out, brown eyes crinkled in the most friendly and normal
fashion imaginable. It might have been sitting there watching them all
afternoon. </i></div>
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Twin brothers Don and Ian MacDonald are vacationing in the
Scottish Highlands with their parents, staying at a hill farm amidst the
Cairngorm Mountains with their parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They’re hiking and looking for birds when they see a strange shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stalking it to a cave, they discover a dog, a
Border Collie.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It was a typical
black-and-white sheep collie of the Scottish hill farm, with much more black to
it than white, shaggy and somewhat unkempt looking…</i></div>
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They’re baffled why the sheepdog is alone up in the hills, away
from any farm or flock, and why she seems wary of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friendly and companionable, she nevertheless
keeps a specific distance from the brothers. Finally, the boys head home and
the collie vanishes.</div>
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The dog appears again a few days later, rescuing the boys
when they’re trapped on a dangerous mountainside by heavy fog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They start to call her Lady, and discover her
history – her former owner was an old man who was lost in a blizzard the
previous winter. When rescuers found his body, Lady (then named Liath) was
lying alongside his body to protect him. Ian, who seems the more sensitive
brother, is deeply upset at this but a good rousing mocking from his physician
father soon puts him right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Dr. MacDonald further distinguishes himself the next day,
when he’s hiking with the boys and stones Lady.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He has an excuse – if a strange one. The dog, under attack by a giant
eagle, had come so close to the family that he was afraid the aggressive bird
would be drawn to attack them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still,
Ian is clearly unimpressed by his father’s logic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someday, Ian will write an angry book about
his father.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The eagle at about two
hundred feet folded its great wings close to its sides and dropped like a bomb.
It did not swoop, just dropped straight down, almost faster than the eye could
follow – although their ears heard the whistle of it. At the very last split
second, its wings snapped open again to apply an air brake that prevented the
creature from smashing itself into the hillside. And in that instant the collie
leaped in a single spring from her crouching position a good couple of yards to
one side – otherwise those great hanging talons would undoubtedly have struck
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The eagle is being insanely territorial because its nest is
in the area. Lady can’t move because her own den is in the area. And then
farmers go on the warpath when some powerful predator begins tearing through their
sheep. Lady is the obvious suspect, and the boys go rogue to protect her.</div>
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A naturalist-lover’s dog adventure with old-fashioned
parenting and two reluctantly rebellious boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nice.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Other books by
Tranter</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spaniards Isle</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Border Riding</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nestor The Monster</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Birds of a Feather</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Deer Poachers</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Something Very Fishy </i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">About the Author</b></div>
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1909-2000 </div>
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Nigel Tranter was Scottish (obviously) and an avid
outdoorsman. He wrote a truly alarming number of books. A full list can be seen <a href="http://cunninghamh.tripod.com/books/bookindex.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<![endif]--><br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-71154183892283737072015-08-11T21:43:00.001-07:002015-08-25T19:05:12.009-07:00New releases<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The books of Albert Payson Terhune, the early 20th century writer whose heroic collies became a byword, are out in a new Kindle release. For $0.99 you get:<br />
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<i>Dog books</i><br />
Lad: A Dog (1919)<br />
Bruce (1920)<br />
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories (1921)<br />
His Dog (1922)<br />
Further Adventures of Lad (1922)<br />
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<i>Non-dog books</i> <br />
Superwomen (1916)<br />
Black Caesar's Clan (1922)<br />
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And Candlewick is releasing a new paperback edition of <i>Because Of Winn-Dixie</i>, the dog story first published in 2000. The new cover seems to reflect the movie dog.<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-14038299756521167202015-03-20T17:26:00.000-07:002015-03-20T17:26:16.067-07:00The Mills of God (1972) <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The Mills of God</div>
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William H. Armstrong, il. David Armstrong</div>
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1973, Doubleday & Company, Inc.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The boy could not
remember how long ago he had started dreaming of a dog to keep him company in
the hills. It was, he thought, even before his brother Amos had died. For even
with a brother two years younger to play with, the world of Aaron Skinner was a
lonely world on a dead-end road called Dry Hollow, a world which was nothing
more than a wrinkle in the vast fold of hills that belonged to Thomas Ruffner.</i></div>
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Twelve-year-old Aaron Skinner saves up $15 to buy a dog, a
Blue-Tick Hound he names Rowdy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He plans
to hunt raccoons in the fall, to earn money to buy clothing respectable enough
the other boys in his class won’t reject him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Skinners are “poor white trash” as a classmate called him on his
first day of school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His parents, Sophie
and Jake, aren’t trash, but Jake’s meek and Aaron’s inherited his mild father’s
dislike of confrontation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This meekness
will come back around to haunt them all when Jake’s overbearing boss, Thomas
Ruffner, bullies him for one last, critical time. </div>
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A strange, sometimes horrific book. Aaron, whose worried parents can tell is losing his hopefulness, finds a brief respite from the grinding indifference of classmates and neighbors when he acquires Rowdy. But when he's faced with losing the dog, he begins to dream of death. Of a neighbor who killed himself after being tormented by malicious gossip and vandals. Of a local ghost, a slave owner whose last order was to be buried standing upright so she could continue to oversee her fields. And a misunderstanding brings exact, brutal justice to the widely loathed Mr. Ruffner. </div>
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<i>The dog caused the boy to almost trio and fall several times. After the washing and rubbing in the sun, it seemed that Rowdy couldn't walk close enough to his new master. The new collar hung loosely on the dog's neck and the chain dangled freely in the boy's hand. After Aaron had become entangled several times by Rowdy circling and looking up into his eyes, the boy unbuckled the collar, wipe both sides of it on his pants, then rolled it up and put it in his pocket.</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Though the mills of
God grind slowly</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yet they grind
exceedingly small; </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Though with patience
He stands waiting,</i></div>
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He all.</i></div>
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A translation by 19<sup>th</sup> century American poet Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow of 17<sup>th</sup> century German poet Friedrich von
Logau, who was in turn translating an ancient Greek philosopher, Sextus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this is what happens when you let history
teachers from exclusive prep schools write children’s books. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Books – children’s fiction</b></div>
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Sounder (1969)</div>
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Sour Land (1971) </div>
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The MacLeod Place (1972)</div>
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Joanna’s Miracle </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Author</b></div>
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1919-1999</div>
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Born in Virginia and raised on a farm, Armstrong attended
first the Augusta Military Academy, then Hampden-Sydney College and then the
University of Virginia. He ended up teaching at a New England prep school which
went co-ed in 1960. His very strongly <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div>
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Armstrong is best known for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sounder</i>, his children’s novel about a faithful hound and his
imprisoned master, which won the Newberry Award in 1970. </div>
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<b>Shelter on Blue Barns Road</b><br />
C.S. Adler<br />
1981, Macmillian Publishing Co.<br />
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Lonely and bored after moving from Brooklyn to rural upstate New York, 13-year-old Betsy discovers the local dog pound is near her new home. She wanders in and is caught by the presence of a Doberman Pinscher.<br />
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<i>In the center of one cage stood a sleek black, pointy-eared Doberman with brown fur lining his undersides and half circles of brown above his intelligent eyes. Ears at attention, he watched her intently. His dignity impressed her - the way he stood so quietly. </i><br />
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Betsy has an interesting family. Her father is a former teacher, who was fired.<br />
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<i>It wasn't Pops's fault. The kids had driven him out of his mind, so he'd shoved a couple around and used bad language.</i><br />
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Her older brother, 17-year-old Hal, is angry at their father for the upheaval he's caused, but Betsy remains loyal. She knows that her once close bond with him has suffered in part because as she's grown older, she reminds him of his students, who he can't control and who taunt him. He was famous in the school as an easy teacher, one whose students push him to see how far they can go. Betsy's mother, who's also frustrated with the man of the house, has gotten a new job here as a guidance counselor. Betsy feels herself a changeling, who looks nothing like the men in her family and, with 2 teacher parents, bad at school. Feeling dumb, feeling unwanted, she gravitates toward the Doberman when she discovers he's also a freak, an unwanted dog surrendered for biting two people.<br />
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<i>His owner died, an old lady who had an appliance store a quarter of a mile down the road from here. She used that Doberman to guard the store nights. He even made the paper once. Two guys broke in, and by the time the police got there, they were chewed up so bad that the police had to take them to the hospital instead of jail.</i><br />
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Betsy's also shocked to discover the animal shelter kills unwanted dogs and cats.<br />
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<i>An animal shelter! What a laugh that was. "Animal shelter" for a place that killed dogs. She closed her eyes and tried to find a hiding place inside her head, but the horror crept in after her. She wondered if there were other shelters, if all over the country animals were being "put down" because no one wanted them. The idea sickened her. She got up and began pacing around her bedroom, biting on her knuckles. First, she had to save the Doberman. Then she would see what she could do for those others.</i><br />
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Betsy is baffled that the shelter's two employees, manager Mr. Berrier and 16-year-old kennel worker Bill Wing, seem resigned to the killing. They seem nice, yet they kill dogs and they will, eventually, kill the dog called Zoro.<br />
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The plot is more than this - it follows Betsy to her new school and through her father's testy relationship with his family and into Bill's reluctant participation in a drug sale - but it centers on Betsy's outrage at the tragedy of death, and her desperate need to help Zoro. She thinks he needs her, which he does, but since that's true of all the dogs in the shelter, her drive to help him specifically is interesting. In one scene halfway through the book, Betsy comes to the shelter to find Bill leading a gentle old dog to the gas chamber. Two new dogs arrived that morning and this dog has to be killed to make space. Betsy could easily have interceded for this dog, which her parents might well have accepted as a pet (they understandably refuse to let her adopt the violent, dangerous Doberman), but she remains silent as Bill kills him. In truth, her desire to help Zoro is not entirely altruistic. She looks at that powerful, self-contained dog and sees a power she lacks, and she covets it. <br />
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In the end Betsy loses Zoro. The Doberman attacks and mauls a man, and is killed. She stands over his grave and vows.<br />
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<i>Someday, she promised herself, when she was grown and had her own home, she'd find a Doberman puppy, black with brown underneath and ears that stuck straight up. She would raise him to love people and she would name him Zoro.</i><br />
<br />A young teen who has just spent the book alternating between trying to soothe an anxious, angry father (fired for lashing out inappropriately) and bonding with an anxious, angry dog (sentenced to die for lashing out inappropriately), who sees only logistical reasons why it's bad that Zoro lunges for everyone but her - this girl is now vowing to stay the course and stick a pattern of being drawn to powerful, aggressive individuals. It's a troubling ending, although the author probably intended it to be uplifting or motivating. It is, in a sense. Zoro was raised poorly and developed into a dangerous dog because of that. Raising a Doberman puppy well would probably prevent that outcome. But it's interesting how current this 34-year-old book is in its insistence that the dog, a Doberman, only turned dangerous because of abuse. The Doberman, a breed designed for guard and police work, is innately aggressive and while not every member of the breed is actively dangerous, they pose a much higher risk for aggressive behavior than, say, a Golden Retriever. With some breeds, you would have to really abuse them to create aggressive behavior and even then, a lot wouldn't show violence. With other breeds, creating aggressive behavior is much easier and can be accomplished just by not actively staying on top of the dog's behavior. Dobermans are one of the latter breeds. <br />
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<b>Other issues:</b><br />
The shelter in the book uses a gas chamber to kill dogs. This method is now on its way out, due to concerns about its effectiveness and humaneness. Many states have both abolished it and banned it in favor of intravenous injection. New York, where this book takes place, requires IV euthanasia. <br />
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Of course, euthanizing any shelter dog for any reason is now debated. Proponents of "no-kill" claim it's the way of the future and the only humane approach to sheltering. Others express concerns about long-term warehousing of unwanted pets - some dogs at no-kill shelters end up spending their whole lives there, so you'll see ads for "Rex, who's been here since his birth 8 years ago" - and <br />
about the morality of keeping alive physically healthy but dangerously aggressive dogs who can never be rehomed without placing the community at risk. There is also tension as calling your shelter no-kill places a certain inevitable stigma on every other shelter in the area - most of which are supporting you because when a no-kill shelter must turn away unwanted pets due to space, the "kill shelter" has to take them.<br />
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Zoro, like most Dobermans in the US, has cropped (stuck straight up) ears. This practice of mutilating and "training" a puppy's ears to increase the sleek, dangerous appearance of various breeds has been banned in Europe, and will probably, eventually, end in the US as well. <br />
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<a href="http://www.c-s-adler.com/" target="_blank">C.S. Adler's website</a>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-22811649146799889292012-10-03T19:08:00.002-07:002014-02-13T19:22:35.621-08:00Stranger On The Bay (1955)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stranger On The Bay<br />
Adrien Stoutenburg<br />
1955, The Westminster Press<br />
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<i>The damp sand crunched under Don Spicer's feet as he hurried forward. Beside him trotted a German shepherd with a harness banding his silver-gray chest and back. A sandpiper skittered into view at the lake's edge and the dog bounded ahead.</i><br />
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It's July in Minnesota, and 15-year-old Don Spicer is intent on spending the summer (his first at his new home in Loon Lake) redeeming Frosty. He'd raised the young German Shepherd as a puppy for a guide dog school, but the dog's successful career ended in a fire that left him phobic of smoke. Don got back his dog, but feels strongly that Frosty needs to return to guiding.<br />
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Don and his friend Ned also become entangled in a mystery. Beloved local man "Grandpa" Danniver lost his son in a plane crash in Mexico years earlier; rescuers had found the bodies of the younger Danniver and his wife, but not their five-year-old son, Jude. And now Jude is back, after years supposedly living with a Mexican family in the wilderness. But the wary, unfriendly Jude doesn't seem very happy to be reunited with his only family, and the jovial Texan who found him doesn't seem the most trustworthy sort. And who's the stranger hiding in a cabin in the woods?<br />
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This is a mystery story with a strong secondary thread about the rehabilitation of a traumatized dog. The writing is workmanlike, and does the job, but isn't particularly vivid. It does evoke the background nicely - the woods and beach and back roads of a rural area near a lake.<br />
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1916-1982<br />
Stoutenburg was born in Minnesota and eventually moved west. She worked as a librarian and in publishing, and published her own poetry and children's books. She wrote many children's books, fiction and nonfiction, as well as several poetry collections. She co-wrote another dog story, <i>Scannon, Dog With Lewis and Clark</i>, with Laura Nelson Baker. She also published a book of photos and verse about cats, <i>A Cat Is</i>.<br />
<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-23676344334435604652012-04-01T21:13:00.000-07:002012-04-01T21:15:37.065-07:00PEDIGREE® Dog Adoptions. Adopt A Dog With PEDIGREE®'s Adoption DriveAnd as a follow-up to the previous post - Pedigree is donating food to shelters with every "like" and share of their video below.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pedigree.com/03Adoption/dog-show/#.T3km_aoCsNQ.blogger">PEDIGREE® Dog Adoptions. Adopt A Dog With PEDIGREE®'s Adoption Drive</a>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-4521727055865703032012-02-13T18:26:00.000-08:002012-02-13T18:26:22.563-08:00The AKC's quest for complete irrelevancy continues<script language="JavaScript" src="http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/34021118.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.blogger.com%252Fblogger.g%253FblogID%253D4282906120848041156%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707" type="text/javascript">
</script><em>“Show me an ad with a dog with a smile; don’t try to shame me,”</em><br />
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This quote by the AKC's director of communications is a typically defensive explanation by the American Kennel Club as to why they ditched Pedigree's heartbreakingly touching commercials featuring shelter dogs getting a second chance. It's been replaced by an upbeat campaign by Purina. <br />
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This blog featured the Pedigree commercials a few years <a href="http://houndsinprint.blogspot.com/2010/02/adopt-shelter-dog.html" target="_blank">ago</a> as part of a general "Adopt A Shelter Dog!" post. I particularly liked Echo, the collie type whose joy in his new home makes me cry like an idiot even now. That was a dog with a smile. Shame on the AKC.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/nyregion/westminster-dog-show-parts-ways-with-pedigree-a-longtime-sponsor.html" target="_blank">NYT article</a><br />
<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-22726542751256303122011-09-27T11:30:00.000-07:002016-05-22T22:12:02.721-07:00<a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41swOAZFoCL._SY373_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41swOAZFoCL._SY373_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a>Big Mutt<br />
John Reese, il. Rod Ruth<br />
1952, The Westminster Press<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">It was not the kindest thing to dump a soft, spoiled, city-raised dog out in this lean sheep country, in the worst blizzard the Northwest had known in a generation.</span><br />
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A vacationing New York City couple, spooked by a massive winter storm bearing down on them and tired of dealing with the enormous mutt the wife had adopted as a cute puppy, abandon their dog in the Badlands of North Dakota. In January.<br />
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The dog, a mongrel with apparent strains of Great Dane, German Shepherd, and just plain hound, is forced to fend for himself. Unfamiliar with the wild and drawn to humans, he soon begins killing sheep for food. As a brutal winter settles over the landscape, the dog's attacks on their flocks enrage the local shepherds. The situation intensifies as packs of wolves drift south from Canada, which has been hit even harder by the weather, and also begin killing sheep.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"Dwight would have made a good Indian fighter... or a good Indian," he said. "He's more at home with nature than any person I have ever known."</span><br />
15-year-old Dwight Jerome, son of a sheepman, encounters the big dog early on, when he's still a pet traveling with his Eastern owners. Dwight doesn't forget him, and when a large dog begins killing sheep, he suspects who it is. Already the owner of a large dog - an Irish Wolfhound named Colleen - Dwight is drawn to the big mutt. The dog, he can tell from glimpses of him running wild and from the signs left behind, is the sort of smart, eager hunter he'd wanted when he bought Colleen. And when boy and dog encounter the big stray and a pair of wolves, the fight brings out the hunter in Colleen:<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">The wolfhound was bred for the show ring, but no one had to tell her what to do now. She had never hunted real wolves. She had never hunted with another dog, and she had never seen this big mutt before. Yet, instead of going to his side, she made straight for the wolves, counting on the big mutt to attack from his side. They worked as a team, instinct responding to instinct.</span><br />
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An old-school dog story, where the boy hero learns to be a man and the wild dog finds his master this is a well-written and fast-paced book with some modern attitudes about the stresses of humans sharing space with wild animals, but a decidedly non-modern attitude about wolves:<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Now he knew it was wolves. Not coyotes, but those big Saskatchewan cruisers they used to have here in the old days, when his father was a boy - shrewd, smart, savage killers who could hunt alone or in pairs, or in whole family packs. No more vicious killer lived in nature.</span><br />
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The POV moves effortlessly from dog to boy to the young deputy sheriff who's trying track and kill the dog. Women are generally faceless - Dwight's little sisters, his mother, the pretty schoolteacher. The father - who has a personality, versus his mother - has a final comment on dogs, and the harsh winter:<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">When the history of this greatest of all storms is written, let no one forget the heroism of the sheep dogs of the West. We know what they've done for us, and we're just a small corner of the land covered by this storm. All over the range country dogs have died this way, cut up by wolves and coyotes and lions, frozen with their flocks, starved when they could have come in without their sheep.</span><br />
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1910-1981<br />
John Henry Reese was born in Nebraska and was primarily a writer of Westerns. He wrote a few other books for children, including <span style="font-style: italic;">Three Wild Ones</span> (1963) about a rebellious teenager and a colt. <br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-53232764480361713442010-07-19T19:59:00.000-07:002010-07-19T20:01:05.511-07:00Star - An Irish Wolfhound (1959)<span style="font-weight: bold;">Star - An Irish Wolfhound</span><br />Janet Rogers Howe<br />1959, The Westminster Press<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Remember 'way back last summer Pop promised me I could have a big dog if Dr. Bob should get a stray that isn't claimed or one somebody wants to find a home for. I don't care what kind it is as long as it's really huge"</span><br /><br />Pete's humorless obsession is rewarded with an Irish Wolfhound through the usual auspices of children's book coincidence. Dr. Bob, the local vet, delivers an unwanted runt from a nearby kennel's prize litter, so choosy little Pete gets his wish for The Very Biggest Dog There Is. Unfortunately for the size-preoccupied boy, the kennel's owned by the mother of a disagreeable classmate, Chuck, who also ends up with a puppy from that litter. And his puppy, a male, is larger. Poor Pete!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">... ten energetic young wolfhounds raced and wrestled together. One, a light honey-tan, was taller, longer and more mature-looking than the others. That was Gellert. Pete realized, with a real twinge of regret, that he was bigger than Star.</span><br /><br />Pete and his best buddy, Bill, are annoyed by the arrogant and prickly Chuck, who wouldn't be their pal even if he didn't own a larger dog than Pete's. But Dr. Bob wisely sees that the problem is Chuck's overbearing mother, and encourages the boys to bond. Over their wolfhounds.<br /><br />The writing is fine, the action smooth if not wonderful, and the overall quality is better than average. But there are just a few too many aggravating things. The yawningly familiar plot that a controlling mother is ruining her son, the insistence on reminding us at every turn that these are wolfhounds (she never calls them dogs), the female friend who gets backburnered consistently so that the effect is of an author trying to eliminate every female presence in the book - Pete's mother is dead, Bill's is never seen, Chuck's is an ogre, and Pete's aunt is a crank. The awkwardness of the author trying to have her hunter plot and eat it too by having a father quickly comment that a near-tragic shooting was a natural mistake on the part of a hunter. God forbid she criticize a hunter.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Books</span><br />Curly (1956)<br />Benjamin Big (1958, Saint Bernard dog)<br />The Mystery Of The Marmalade Cat (1969)<br />The Secret Of Castle Balou (1967)<br />Thunder And Jerry (1949, horse?)<br />Trinket (1961, Shetland pony)<br />Samuel Small's Secret Society (1960)Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-74003123884139801282010-05-09T17:48:00.001-07:002010-05-09T18:07:57.836-07:00Happy Mother's Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAr6y8ul_pxnUGlHtxhX7xWEwQ11KoMeyNHWiafIoM-zESzK9OXrpL0ck_HJwAa4Md95xS-7OgzV1aI2PH3lBkzsHDErNlOTMAsFNcaE22F7amllgWasDmpcfP0wt-Em2TZzCfY3xzHqA/s1600/DSC03618.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAr6y8ul_pxnUGlHtxhX7xWEwQ11KoMeyNHWiafIoM-zESzK9OXrpL0ck_HJwAa4Md95xS-7OgzV1aI2PH3lBkzsHDErNlOTMAsFNcaE22F7amllgWasDmpcfP0wt-Em2TZzCfY3xzHqA/s400/DSC03618.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469438359505599394" border="0" /></a>A collie with her litter, <span style="font-style: italic;">Album Of Dogs</span> by Marguerite Henry, illustrations by Wesley Dennis.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Fi7XiO_Rx4d_6zQAmKyitkPT1yvHP-BBuNmq55c_M96MmpBVV1rmrWbzmY6Bm-oP89I-PKQas-nPMNLwchuxXRva1C1RFzo3IP-hnPgEGPBA87drSjOTTlvSPgsYPrvVZoracuaAisc/s1600/100_2415.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Fi7XiO_Rx4d_6zQAmKyitkPT1yvHP-BBuNmq55c_M96MmpBVV1rmrWbzmY6Bm-oP89I-PKQas-nPMNLwchuxXRva1C1RFzo3IP-hnPgEGPBA87drSjOTTlvSPgsYPrvVZoracuaAisc/s400/100_2415.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469438064800675602" border="0" /></a><br />The short story anthology <span style="font-style: italic;">Seven True Dog Stories</span> by Margaret Davidson, cover by Susanne Suba.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcHkTD7vrHR_xcjKM0iz-nHEQxkMyrX1MHx8KLwiEGPUMuYJQ4DnOlSHwpENTTa5OhnKIvG3Ox-U6Fe4N1yCVgrP0kYhZhcuqlCyAo1HQelr5sKt4CIgtXf0Ytg3Tdua1yf_w6keYD9Y/s1600/100_2448.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcHkTD7vrHR_xcjKM0iz-nHEQxkMyrX1MHx8KLwiEGPUMuYJQ4DnOlSHwpENTTa5OhnKIvG3Ox-U6Fe4N1yCVgrP0kYhZhcuqlCyAo1HQelr5sKt4CIgtXf0Ytg3Tdua1yf_w6keYD9Y/s400/100_2448.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469437095383630690" border="0" /></a><br />A mutt mother proudly showing off her puppies, <span style="font-style: italic;">Album Of Dogs</span> by Marguerite Henry, illustrations by Wesley Dennis.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MZOsdhI6TJp_hSQTrCz23N-rPBoO6Efk1KBvETR4TJnVxW-gWc2CAGFAIigKeE-I9dtjAEXdwqvj73usiwf007eYA1hzlpF1jnjHoxCwmwXidWKvIxuTKQJueJRpxibut9rwhmjm4LI/s1600/100_2473.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MZOsdhI6TJp_hSQTrCz23N-rPBoO6Efk1KBvETR4TJnVxW-gWc2CAGFAIigKeE-I9dtjAEXdwqvj73usiwf007eYA1hzlpF1jnjHoxCwmwXidWKvIxuTKQJueJRpxibut9rwhmjm4LI/s400/100_2473.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469437285503125746" border="0" /></a><br />A young Irish Setter honoring his mother's point in Marguerite Henry's <span style="font-style: italic;">Always Reddy</span> (aka <span style="font-style: italic;">Shamrock Queen</span>), illustrations by Wesley Dennis.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-1152758595941511292010-04-25T19:36:00.000-07:002014-02-13T19:31:18.337-08:00Old Arthur (1972)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Old Arthur<br />
Liesel Moak Skorpen, il. Wallace Tripp<br />
1972, Harper & Row<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">It was Old Arthur's job to wait for William while William was at school. That old dog was very good at waiting. He had waited all his life.</span><br />
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An old farm dog, unwanted by his owner because he's too old to continue herding the cows and guarding the henhouse, finds a new home with a little boy. <br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Wagging that woolly tail was the most important job that that old dog did.</span><br />
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A sweet, old-fashioned story of an unwanted dog who faces harsh rejection only to find love with a little boy who, unusually, appreciates the very qualities that others disliked. The illustrations add punch to the story, and ably demonstrate how the love between boy and dog makes the old dog beautiful. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Other books by Liesel Moak Skorpen</span><br />
All The Lassies<br />
His Mother's Dog<br />
We Were Tired of Living in a House<br />
Outside My Window<br />
CharlesSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-72796273824062347102010-04-20T21:23:00.000-07:002010-04-20T21:30:12.448-07:00The Visitor (1971)<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">The Visitor</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gene Smith, il. Ted Lewin</p> <p class="MsoNormal">1971, Cowles Book Company</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">"Good-bye, little fellow," the man said.<span style=""> </span>But he said it so softly that his wife and children could hardly hear him - let alone Sassafras, who was already inside the building.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sassafras, a six-month-old Irish Setter, is left at a kennel while his family goes on a weeklong trip.<span style=""> </span>But when a car accident kills his master during the trip, the widow decides the pup's return home will be too sharp a reminder to their children.<span style=""> </span>She pays the kennel to keep him indefinitely, leaving the poor dog in eternal limbo.<span style=""> </span>The gentle setter never fogets his beloved Home, but takes pity on the homesick dogs around him, comforting and protecting them.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">An incredibly sad story, told from the point-of-view of Sassafras, who understands human speech enough to realize that his owner is dead, speaks with his fellow inmates and retains a memory so strong of his home and people that when he sees the kennel owner clean away old bones</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">Sassafras stopped chewing on his old bone because he did not want it taken away.<span style=""> </span>It spoke to him of home.<span style=""> </span>Instead he carefully put it to one side where he could always look at it.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p>
<br /></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><o:p> </o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A horrendously manipulative tear-jerker.<span style=""> </span>And, horribly, based on a true story of an Irish Setter left at a boarding kennel for 13 years.<span style=""> The woman as a shallow monster who leaves the dog in limbo may have been completely true to life, but it stirs up ugly echoes of those old-school dog tales where men are the only gender truly fit for the loyalty and faith of a canine companion, because women are too concerned with clean floors.
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<br /> </o:p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Other books<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Hayburners </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Winner - juvenile horse novel (1970)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">Nonfiction</p> <p class="MsoNormal">When The Cheering Stopped (bio of Woodrow Wilson)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Still Quiet On The Western Front: Fifty Years Later</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Shattered Dream: Herbert Hoover In The Great Depression</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maximilian And Carlotta (bio)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lee and Grant (bio)
<br />High Crimes & Misdemeanors: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson</p> <p class="MsoNormal">American Gothic: The Story of <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s Legendary Theatrical Family</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Dark Summer</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Police Gazette (ed., with Jayne Barry Smith)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Champion (horse)</p> Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-62038571203016257432010-03-11T13:59:00.000-08:002010-03-11T14:50:19.072-08:00Yankee Boy (1971)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMb16xihqXlViJXlMzFDEMjwtywSmhGG6CBwAMddaFhO7tnjJrCRpkXTz3tMvg2h7rd7h0IKpAgRt8bUMB9LeVUDj62wIQZuHiygaLazW8sWnlo-UIPSQiBmT1mm6hnyD4XfI3DrsBngM/s1600-h/DSC04171.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMb16xihqXlViJXlMzFDEMjwtywSmhGG6CBwAMddaFhO7tnjJrCRpkXTz3tMvg2h7rd7h0IKpAgRt8bUMB9LeVUDj62wIQZuHiygaLazW8sWnlo-UIPSQiBmT1mm6hnyD4XfI3DrsBngM/s400/DSC04171.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447508571925717410" border="0" /></a><br />Yankee Boy<br />Edmund O. Scholefield, il. Lewis W. Gordon<br />1971, The World Publishing Company<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ted wasn't exactly afraid of dogs, but neither was he exactly comfortable with them, either</span>.<br /><br />Ted Roche is a 14-year-old New Yorker when his widower dad remarries. Ted gets along fine with Loulou, a friendly artist who freelances for his dad's Madison Avenue advertising agency. But when her mother dies and Ted is taken to rural Alabama for her funeral, he enters a different world, one where he's unexpectedly stranded when his parents decide to leave him with his grandfather while they honeymoon. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcgDHLuJ_8ApNh6rNdqu4Ha-PgRdfUVWnBScCkHvKKZh2dg10q13BBcgcoQlJaZ636nU3StVIINsAbKkbOFrW25_8J0NTKVDlCyxG3ibQ_Tvatk1IGANKVhByV9yRgF4zpNgYaFqcYic/s1600-h/DSC04172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcgDHLuJ_8ApNh6rNdqu4Ha-PgRdfUVWnBScCkHvKKZh2dg10q13BBcgcoQlJaZ636nU3StVIINsAbKkbOFrW25_8J0NTKVDlCyxG3ibQ_Tvatk1IGANKVhByV9yRgF4zpNgYaFqcYic/s400/DSC04172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447508581165558322" border="0" /></a><br />Resentful and leery of the 'hillbillies' surrounding him, Ted quickly gets into one sticky situation after another with everyone from his grandfather to his new school's principal. His sole friend through this is the one he really didn't like at first, the pregnant hunting dog Sarah. And even as he begins to adjust to things, his reluctant fondness for Sarah - and then her puppies - remains. She has, after all, provided the catalyst for his changing view of his new environment.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The dog sat down beside him. Ted looked around him for a moment, and then, quite idly and without thinking about it, picked up a stick a foot and a half long, and then spun it through the air. Instantly, moving faster than he had ever seen her move before, Sarah took off in pursuit of the stick.</span><br /><br />At some point in the 1960's, an older generation of children's writers attempted to adapt their style to a society that had changed enormously. In the earlier era, children were children up till about 18. They learned wise lessons from their elders; boys were physically punished if they misbehaved and not only accepted it but recognized it was just and right; girls realized that they could be bright and creative with their children when they married after college, and recognized that they had a duty to emotionally bolster all males that crossed their paths. In the later era, children became teens with Important Ideas and Thoughts to share; their elders learned from them, eventually. Both eras had some drawbacks, but at least books falling solidly on one side or the other had an internal consistency. Books like <span style="font-style: italic;">Yankee Boy</span> straddle the line, uncomfortably. <br /><br />There is a classic old-style plot of a boy learning to adapt to an unfamiliar place, learn humility, discover older values, and become a man. And then there is the window dressing of the later era - the mod clothes, the long hair, the kid's cool interior monologue. There are a couple of pointed shots at the culture wars raging around the late 1960s and early 1970s, namely the references to Ted's clothes and hair, the bits about black/white relations in the grandfather's household, and the total lack of reference to a certain military action. It's clear that Scholefield was old-school; his hip, urban teen is dragged out to the rural South to learn how to be a man, and leave behind the effete kid who doesn't like dogs and hates having his clothes mussed. <br /><br />I grew up reading the old-school books, and I like them. But that style always had its ugly side - a smug, complacent attitude that what worked in 1842 will work today, that women and blacks and everyone else who isn't a white man with some money was better off back in the traditional world - and while you could just barely accept it as self-serving blindness in a book written in 1930 or 1950, there was no justification for one written in 1971. It was pure backlash, and pathetic.<br /><br />Fun anachronisms: the reference to 'way out' clothes, which the author cagily never really describes, the father's crankiness about the son's long hair, the way the city boy's never heard of deer as a danger to cars, and, best of all, the reference to Beau Brummell.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dogs</span><br />Sarah - 6-year-old black Lab, champion field hunter<br />Horace - Golden Retriever<br />Blackie - Lab<br />Yankee Boy - Lab<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Links</span><br /><a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/william-e-butterworth/">Fantastic Fiction</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Griffin">Wikipedia on author</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Brummell">Beau Brummell at Wikipedia</a><br /><a href="http://image.fourwheeler.com/f/28364823/129_0206_06_z+favorite_4x4_vehicles+1966_ford_bronco.jpg">Scout</a> (the weird car the grandfather drives)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the Author</span><br />1929-<br />Scholefield is a pseudonym for the author William E. Butterworth, who also used the pseudonyms Alex Baldwin, Webb Beech, Walter E. Blake, Jack Dugan, John Kevin Dugan, James W.E.B. McM Douglas, Allison Mitchell, Griffin, Eden Hughes, Blakely St. James, and Patrick J. Williams. As this implies, he wrote a lot of books, all under various names. His books for teens and children were under the name Scholefield.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Books as Scholefield</span><br />L'il Wildcat<br />Bryan's Dog<br />Maverick On The Mound<br />Tiger RookieSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-37552246377187703802010-02-17T17:29:00.001-08:002010-02-17T20:02:43.273-08:00Scotty wins Westminster; crowd horrified at reminder that mutts exist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRdJD1qS7Eplh5k2Cr_RxIjfVLmtlXxTC-A5hWo_xN0j3VzZsIEaSuGpVM5WaSoKOdm96pDHErcWbgqzUczjtiNmfxrmsmQN4h6Y5AChfKYYIxyURbxiUscYM1wo0z7pw8gzXMfD-bTI/s1600-h/DSC03509.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRdJD1qS7Eplh5k2Cr_RxIjfVLmtlXxTC-A5hWo_xN0j3VzZsIEaSuGpVM5WaSoKOdm96pDHErcWbgqzUczjtiNmfxrmsmQN4h6Y5AChfKYYIxyURbxiUscYM1wo0z7pw8gzXMfD-bTI/s400/DSC03509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439390216185748962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">from The Morgan Dennis Dog Book by Morgan Dennis</span><br /><br /><br />A Scottish Terrier named Ch. Roundtown Mercedes Of Maryscot (aka Sadie) wins Best in Show at Westminster. PETA protestors sneak in and hold up signs saying "Mutts Rule" and Breeders Kill Shelter Dogs' Chances." I'm not a PETA fan, but they have a point. Not so much about the breeders, perhaps, but certainly about a) that mutts rule and b) the AKC does kill shelter dogs' chances - by refusing to crack down on puppy mills and high volume breeders, the AKC is helping create thousands of puppies who are prime candidates to end up in shelters.<br /><br />Sadie's had a heck of a few months. She also won Best in Show at four clustered shows at the <a href="http://www.philadogshow.com/">Kennel Club of Philadelphia</a> in November, and at the <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/12/sadie-scottish-terrier-wins-akc-eukanuba-dog-show-long-beach.html">Eukanuba National Championship Dog Show</a> in California in December. Her breeder is <a href="http://pages.prodigy.net/anstamm/Mercedes.htm">Anstamm Scottish Terriers</a>.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CCB2V7WRN8I&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />And some books featuring Scotties. And some other media too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Picture books</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span class="shvl-byline"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Adventures of Mary Margaret</span> by Nina Devor<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It Must Be Mary Margaret</span> by </span><span class="shvl-byline">Nina Devor</span><br /><span class="shvl-byline"><span style="font-style: italic;">Angus And The Cat </span>by Marjorie Flack<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Angus Lost </span>by Marjorie Flack<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Angus And The Cat</span> by Marjorie Flack<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Angus And The Ducks</span> by Marjorie Flack<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Case of the Missing Socks</span> by Lisa McClafferty<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Mac And Muff</span> by Gertrude Hildreth<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Jock And Jill: A Tale of Two Scotties</span> by Morgan Dennis<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Just Tammie!</span> by Dorothy Bryan<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Little Black Scotty</span> by Dorothy McGregor L'hommedieu<br /><br />Mysteries<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Fala Factor</span> by Stuart Kaminsky<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><b><i></i></b></span>Bios<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">First Dog Fala</span> by <span class="shvl-byline">Elizabeth Van Steenwyk<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The True Story of Fala </span>by<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>Margare Suckley and Alice Dagliesh<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Short stories</span><br />James Thurber's Jeannie stories, including <span style="font-style: italic;">Look Homeward Jeannie</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">In Defense Of Dogs, Even, After a Fashion, Jeannie</span>. Which can be read online at <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2_xJxCie2u0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=James+Thurber&lr=&cd=21#v=onepage&q=&f=false">Google Books</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Other Scotty stuff</span><br />Fala info at the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/elro/fala.html">National Park Service</a><br />Buy a <a href="http://estore.archives.gov/Roosevelt/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=FDR21061F">Fala tile</a> at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum<br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/index.htm">FDR Memorial with Fala</a><br />And, of course, the more recent Presidiential Scotties, <a href="http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/barney/">Barney and Miss Beazley</a>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-44814620262295701922010-02-14T15:21:00.001-08:002010-02-14T15:30:35.646-08:00The Trouble With Tuck (1981)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtvw-ORDl1svXKPj3qM0ix0W2IanKhjfujGHdHa4Lp9DTVHFSAEUvUh_pmfdju_unZNQ28VclosZILSNV5QEfHxhtC6aXZdAop3s9DbOcO6BP16NAhv4GrS04QNQAgDom7fYas-i2Dv8/s1600-h/DSC03999.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtvw-ORDl1svXKPj3qM0ix0W2IanKhjfujGHdHa4Lp9DTVHFSAEUvUh_pmfdju_unZNQ28VclosZILSNV5QEfHxhtC6aXZdAop3s9DbOcO6BP16NAhv4GrS04QNQAgDom7fYas-i2Dv8/s400/DSC03999.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438244320791381490" border="0" /></a><br />The Trouble With Tuck<br />Theodore Taylor<br />1981, Doubleday<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And if there was anything better to hold than a pup, I don't know what it was. I put him up to my shoulder, against my neck, and his warm tongue swabbed the lobe of my ear. His new fur was like velvet. A love affair began that hour.</span><br /><br />It's early 1950's Los Angeles, and 10-year-old Helen Ogden is a shy girl lacking self-confidence. One day, her parents present her with a fat gold Labrador Retriever puppy. Officially christened Friar Tuck Golden Boy, he's just Tuck to Helen. The pair become inseperable, and within a short time Tuck has saved her life twice, once from a pervert in the park and once from drowning in a pool.<br /><br />But 1956 is different. Tuck, now over three, runs through a screen door and the family begins to wonder if his eyesight is okay. When the vet says Tuck is going blind, there are few alternatives. Helen, miserable at how her beloved dog is suffering from having his freedom curtailed, comes up with an idea nobody thinks will work - get her blind dog a guide dog of his own.<br /><br />At first, the guide dog organization gently tells Helen that their dogs are far too valuable to be used with another dog. But then a unique situation occurs, and Helen has her chance to use the German Shepherd guide dog Lady Daisy. The only question left is how to train the obdurate, jealous Tuck to put up with a canine housemate and follow a guide.<br /><br />The free-running Tuck's easy off-leash social life is an anachronism that somewhat confuses the big problem of the book. Today, a family dog in suburbia wouldn't be allowed to run loose, and the only problem involved with having a blind dog would be making sure nobody touched him unexpectedly. The scene where Tuck saves Helen from a pervert in a fog-bound park is scary as hell because of the realism of the scene. Where today a narrator would vague out into "And then everything seemed to slow down and I was thinking of bluebirds." Helen faithfully recounts every last detail of the attack.<br /><br />Clearly written, with a consistent character voice and appealing heroine and dogs.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dogs</span><br />Friar Tuck Golden Boy - golden Lab with Dudley nose<br />Lady Daisy - German Shepherd<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the author</span><br />1921-2006<br />The North Carolina native wrote over 50 books. A high school dropout (math issue, my sympathies) he went on to become a press agent and screenwriter in Hollywood. His most famous book was the 1969 YA novel <span style="font-style: italic;">The Cay</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Books by the author</span><br />There are far too many to list; most relevant is the 1992 sequel, <span style="font-style: italic;">Tuck Triumphant</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Links</span><br /><a href="http://www.theodoretaylor.com/">Author website</a><br /><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2006/oct/28/local/me-taylor28">LA Times obituary</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Editions</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9_pJSfmtGl1SFgvl1kUH29Y00jGT7CCYT9PFaeWVKSPtcB4NwD2obtcDRuEivyE2tRTdzj761lfvHyf1Xw-TnsJRD6qHUhgTNFRj41zu-B7mAf5to5rQdg0usqJCi1KpWVhKi6Ym4LI/s1600-h/DSC04011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9_pJSfmtGl1SFgvl1kUH29Y00jGT7CCYT9PFaeWVKSPtcB4NwD2obtcDRuEivyE2tRTdzj761lfvHyf1Xw-TnsJRD6qHUhgTNFRj41zu-B7mAf5to5rQdg0usqJCi1KpWVhKi6Ym4LI/s400/DSC04011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438244324297963970" border="0" /></a><br />Avon Camelot, 1981 Yearling<br /><br />Also, an unknown edition <a href="http://images.syndetics.com/index.php?client=depup&isbn=0385177747/LC.JPG&type=hw7">cover</a>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-85519819795130840572010-02-08T20:22:00.001-08:002010-02-08T21:18:04.975-08:00Adopt a Shelter Dog!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapXHMmK2pngDSQNjsym2EJ5UpZCN6Kk-p0t-31t6r4wC3irFJWE_3TstVRJPMQl75D32ycxt0y4U38oV3hgLDlXrdlkPsx9N2Btb4hPaJPfj6sNuMu08GL0dBEcyZIsZruLIZOv1CqdA/s1600-h/DSC03511B.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapXHMmK2pngDSQNjsym2EJ5UpZCN6Kk-p0t-31t6r4wC3irFJWE_3TstVRJPMQl75D32ycxt0y4U38oV3hgLDlXrdlkPsx9N2Btb4hPaJPfj6sNuMu08GL0dBEcyZIsZruLIZOv1CqdA/s400/DSC03511B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436101438973723282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">from Marguerite Henry's Album of Dogs, illustrations by Wesley Dennis</span><br /><br />Adopt a shelter dog in 2010 and get free dog food from Pedigree! Details <a href="http://www.pedigree.com/03Adoption/Adopt-A-Dog/Adopt-Free-Food/default.aspx">here</a>. <br /><br />Please choose a good shelter and use your head as well as your heart in choosing a pet. There are many homeless dogs out there, and many of them are not right for various homes. Owning a dog should be a joy, not a grim duty. Your priority is <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> to prevent a dog from being euthanized, it's to acquire a lifelong friend and companion. Do research on local shelters, because there are some bad ones out there that should not be encouraged to stay in operation. Find one that honestly attempts to weed out aggressive and unhealthy dogs, does a thorough but reasonable background check of hopeful adopters, does some vet work (at the very least, a rabies shot), and has a clean facility.<br /><br />Pedigree, of course, is the dog food manufacturer who did those heartbreaking commercials a few years back featuring shelter dogs and a voice-over by David Duchovny.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OAxOtp4vDJQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OAxOtp4vDJQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ODC5e3AEa8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ODC5e3AEa8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X2-h1PHRXis&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X2-h1PHRXis&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-91744849889526544512010-02-06T22:22:00.000-08:002010-02-06T22:27:16.978-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDcLvdaQk3qmdCBxqzXj_5SeaQPSXXwdJH8iLxeDxf246UHCgcgnW619ZFWARmJ2ozzkyHJJLq4_UOjbCjzpIWKpexjlNicSorQe3gMm5XMu3gLKwJ3FsqI96GVYdd4XGjp55XjjJg1E/s1600-h/DSC00050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDcLvdaQk3qmdCBxqzXj_5SeaQPSXXwdJH8iLxeDxf246UHCgcgnW619ZFWARmJ2ozzkyHJJLq4_UOjbCjzpIWKpexjlNicSorQe3gMm5XMu3gLKwJ3FsqI96GVYdd4XGjp55XjjJg1E/s400/DSC00050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435383899919879714" border="0" /></a><br />No reviews at the moment, but here's an old magazine cover that fits the snow-covered world outside so many windows tonight.<br /><br /><br />Note: the <a href="http://houndsinprint.blogspot.com/2009/11/good-luck-dog.html">November 2009 post</a> about <span style="font-style: italic;">The Good Luck Dog</span> by Lilo Hess has been updated with photos.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-59846573206073256872010-01-30T05:30:00.000-08:002010-01-30T05:33:42.862-08:00The Spuddy (1974)<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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(<st1:country-region><st1:place>UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>),1976, Delacorte Press (US)</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">Despite his hybridism (Joe used to say his coat looked as if someone had dipped him in a barrel of glue and then emptied a flock mattress over him) the dog had an air of self-assurance emphasized by an arrogantly held head and a long droop of a setter-like tail which, as he moved with his easy sauntering gait, swung from side to side with the stateliness of an ermine cloak.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Andy is nine, and lonely.<span style=""> </span>His father is a merchant seaman, away for long stretches of time, and his mother has run off with another man.<span style=""> </span>Worst of all, Andy is mute.<span style=""> </span>Shipped off to stay with his aunt and uncle in a fishing village, Andy strikes up a friendship with an abandoned dog, a grey-black mongrel named The Spuddy.<span style=""> </span>His relatives are kind, but forbid him to keep the dog at home, putting Andy to some trouble to provide for his new friend.<span style=""> </span>But it's worth it to the abandoned boy.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">
<br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">As he walked toward him the Spuddy sat watching, cautiously assessing the boy's approach.<span style=""> </span>Andy saw the dog's ears twitch, the tail begin to wave, and most comforting of all, the eyes brighten with welcome.<span style=""> </span>Love and gratefulness surged through Andy.<span style=""> </span>He began to feel wanted again and he bent down and let the Spuddy lick his ear before they raced off happily toward the open moors.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The two soon befriend Jake, skipper of the Silver Crest.<span style=""> </span>Jake should be a happily married man with a baby son, but his wife has essentially abandoned him to go live with her parents, and he's lonely too.<span style=""> </span>The mutt turns out to have a nose for sniffing out fish, and Jake's luck begins to turn. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">It's notable that the women in this book are all villains.<span style=""> </span>The aunt comes off best, but she's the one who refuses to let Andy keep the dog at home.<span style=""> </span>The men are all gruff, baffled victims of feminine whims, and you get the sense that everyone on the fishing boats prefer the wild and woolly seas to the drama of the hearth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">A well-written adventure which is curiously muffled, as Andy and the dog don't speak, and much of the plot is related as a story, not shown as action.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">About the Author<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">1916-2004</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Her real name was Lillian Comber.<span style=""> </span>She and her husband moved to the <st1:place>Isle of Skye</st1:place> in 1942, and several of her books were based on her life there.<span style=""> </span>They moved to the <st1:place>Isle of Man</st1:place> in 1962.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><b style="">Other Books - based on Skye<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Hills is Lonely <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Sea for Breakfast<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Loud Halo</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A Rope - In Case</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lightly Poached<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Beautiful Just!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bruach Blend </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Other Books<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Green Hand</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A Shine Of Rainbows</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A Proper Woman</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Small Party </p> <p class="MsoNormal">An <st1:place>Island</st1:place> Apart</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A Breath of Autumn</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:placetype>Bay</st1:placetype> Of <st1:placename>Strangers</st1:placename></st1:place> - short stories</p> <p class="MsoNormal">About My Father's Business - autobiography</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
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<br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ealaghol.co.uk/books/authors/beckwith.htm">Links</a> for the Skye books</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrides">Wiki</a> about the <st1:place>Hebrides</st1:place><o:p></o:p><st1:place></st1:place></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-72201150653718387472009-12-08T18:21:00.000-08:002009-12-08T18:32:41.579-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qHMZ9pCfaFgY3H09i6RYTcBy0ZsEV_M2Xcae6UaJNnxFenXSHXzA_Rt-QC1YKDWRrT_6bvNCQf1tF2ylHDHVkNGx9t8ruLvmSryXzONn0r59HuOaNnfm20YPFdEfj7dMeapUBpz-FiE/s1600-h/DSC02445_edited.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qHMZ9pCfaFgY3H09i6RYTcBy0ZsEV_M2Xcae6UaJNnxFenXSHXzA_Rt-QC1YKDWRrT_6bvNCQf1tF2ylHDHVkNGx9t8ruLvmSryXzONn0r59HuOaNnfm20YPFdEfj7dMeapUBpz-FiE/s400/DSC02445_edited.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413057792184890050" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Tales From A Dog Catcher</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lisa Duffy-Korpics</p> <p class="MsoNormal">2009, The <st1:city><st1:place>Lyons</st1:place></st1:city> Press (Globe Pequot)</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A collection of anecdotes from the author's career in the 1980s-1990s as a young animal officer in the police department of a small city in <st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:state> state.<span style=""> </span>She encounters a serial killer Great Dane mix, a Houdini Wheaten Terrier, a pair of curious raccoons, a flock of turkeys and assorted other animals wild and domestic.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The story of Manny, a streetwise Dane mix whose hobby seems to be to entice other dogs to play in traffic with lethal results, is chilling.<span style=""> </span>The story of a groundhog who pulls a fast one inside the author's police car is hysterical.<span style=""> </span>Most of the other tales are pleasant but predictable, and suffer from the author's perspective as a very young woman at the time.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A few stories - the Schnauzer depressed after his owner's death, the German Shepherd condemmed to death for biting a kid - are classic animal story pathos of misunderstood creatures, heartless owners and caring but powerless animal professionals.<span style=""> </span>The Schnauzer story in particular annoyed me.<span style=""> </span>The dead man's relations claimed the Schnauzer, an aged but relatively healthy dog, was aggressive toward anyone but the owner, and wanted the dog euthanized.<span style=""> </span>The author and various coworkers, whose experience of the dog was limited to seeing it A) grief-stricken over its owner's corpse and B) depressed after the owner was taken away, quickly jump on the bandwagon that the dog, who hasn't shown them any aggression, is a great dog and the relatives are heartless jerks who want to euthanize the dog to tie up loose ends.<span style=""> </span>Maybe.<span style=""> </span>Or maybe the dog was always a jerk when the owner was around.<span style=""> </span>I've known several dogs who were snotty when their owners were around but butter wouldn't melt in their mouths when Mommy or Daddy are absent.<span style=""> </span>The relatives genuinely may not have believed the dog could change.<span style=""> </span>And the dog may have been responding to the energy of a bunch of cops, all of whom are likely not shrinking violets, and wisely deciding not to act up, wheras back in a normal household he'd have reverted.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">She does make one interesting observation, however, when a dying man giving up his pet cat to the shelter comments that the kind of person who adopts an animal from a shelter is going to be the kind of person who takes care of the animal.
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<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">I had never thought of it that way.<span style=""> </span>I had always been fixated on trying to take care of everything myself, using the shelter as a last resort.<span style=""> </span>I hadn't thought about the people who go to the shelter and deliberately choose to adopt a pet that didn't have a home.<span style=""> </span>There were many of them.<span style=""> </span>I saw them there all the time, yet I hadn't given them a second thought....<span style=""> </span>In some ways I had blinders on, with the single goal of controlling everything myself.<span style=""> </span>Even if my intentions were good, it was emotionally exhausting.<span style=""> </span>It was selfish, even narcissistic of me to think that I was the only one who could make things better.
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Overall, an enjoyable book, and one adorable cover dog.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Links<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://talesfromadogcatcher.blogspot.com/2009/09/tales-from-dog-catcher-as-television.html">Author blog</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-27850805675447395502009-11-13T16:54:00.000-08:002011-02-13T18:34:33.501-08:00IllustratorsPart of the reason I have such a fondness for children's books, even as an adult, is their illustrations. And animal stories always seem to get the very best pictures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiziExsPvRHaE8cIY0uskCAo43iTP_EjL-pM710P3eS9O41YTnCd4Wn-twzzhG9ugProL37DkGkFP3e8n6lG0i0ms9DCkSc3YoyHZZEKu7H-9G78453ht5uH4EFPN6W37p2RQh4i3um4/s1600-h/100_1210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiziExsPvRHaE8cIY0uskCAo43iTP_EjL-pM710P3eS9O41YTnCd4Wn-twzzhG9ugProL37DkGkFP3e8n6lG0i0ms9DCkSc3YoyHZZEKu7H-9G78453ht5uH4EFPN6W37p2RQh4i3um4/s400/100_1210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403756508915738514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Jock's Island</span> by Elizabeth Coatsworth, illustrations by Lilian Obligado<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUZ3br9MwA5KjzKUu-YlMy01cC3XJ7LZzBE71gHjegtVIr7wkPx6CjdtOyXIvkxTvYECTk1oS0NNweLg695pvfZR67Yha8TiqTR0lOoE8FzbZnJ_YN9ih8EM6Qk5PT_-qjWXehy5RAgc/s1600-h/100_2017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUZ3br9MwA5KjzKUu-YlMy01cC3XJ7LZzBE71gHjegtVIr7wkPx6CjdtOyXIvkxTvYECTk1oS0NNweLg695pvfZR67Yha8TiqTR0lOoE8FzbZnJ_YN9ih8EM6Qk5PT_-qjWXehy5RAgc/s400/100_2017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403757628438250626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Lad, A Dog</span> by Albert Payson Terhune, illustrations by Sam Savitt (special edition)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fk9cLqaokrh0fLlVTFCfmIHhhvlGuoy_jL0xf6vReKQ85Foeq2TlqIU2Fg5o4rgGDKJsT9dinyxoPHtkHpFoa7e3OgZLXMRs990Yu3ssvtKA1y9VziJ8XXUBZ0HSuc-DbeGFeJmHmCw/s1600-h/100_2449.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fk9cLqaokrh0fLlVTFCfmIHhhvlGuoy_jL0xf6vReKQ85Foeq2TlqIU2Fg5o4rgGDKJsT9dinyxoPHtkHpFoa7e3OgZLXMRs990Yu3ssvtKA1y9VziJ8XXUBZ0HSuc-DbeGFeJmHmCw/s400/100_2449.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403758013027410386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Album Of Dogs</span> by Marguerite Henry, illustrations by Wesley Dennis<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRoyEmJvyC-G8iQ4LG_kWkwoK5JbekOKOU3M-x0a_0E4vMk20VoYgGpZmgPpukhZkvqUOnPjpMQ5S5is18S5lTCRkQ4E7XeGkFRckMHREcfecaLtuXeFlF_gAAc4b6E5unu4ij-5Xr1s/s1600-h/DSC01886.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRoyEmJvyC-G8iQ4LG_kWkwoK5JbekOKOU3M-x0a_0E4vMk20VoYgGpZmgPpukhZkvqUOnPjpMQ5S5is18S5lTCRkQ4E7XeGkFRckMHREcfecaLtuXeFlF_gAAc4b6E5unu4ij-5Xr1s/s400/DSC01886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403758579526642546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A Tree For Peter</span> by Kate SeredySarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-58448693882121943902009-11-03T20:55:00.000-08:002010-02-06T22:16:06.962-08:00The Good Luck Dog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3WiasHPFa9h5PvJjBDakmUFnMmtMKsuFomd1n3NJQsaVs3pTBMVbl-84jpI3DPoXp9jJ_OV7oVce_llKZjdf1GLwa-sDwS8_2kNnI4JVpHHDKz59ICfzVmYgnD5E-YlWi-5pt_Pop8Y/s1600-h/DSC03455.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3WiasHPFa9h5PvJjBDakmUFnMmtMKsuFomd1n3NJQsaVs3pTBMVbl-84jpI3DPoXp9jJ_OV7oVce_llKZjdf1GLwa-sDwS8_2kNnI4JVpHHDKz59ICfzVmYgnD5E-YlWi-5pt_Pop8Y/s400/DSC03455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435381293574767794" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">The Good Luck Dog</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lilo Hess, author and photographer</p> <p class="MsoNormal">1985, Charles Scribners' Sons
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A shaggy small dog is stolen off his owner's porch and ends up sold to a laboratory.<span style=""> </span>In the nick of time, he's saved from a horrible fate when an employee discovers he's been tattooed - and the lab has a policy against using tattooed animals, as it indicates they are probably pets.<span style=""> </span>Sent to a shelter, he's adopted by a little boy who names him Skeeter and who is disappointed when he's unable to train the little terrier to act like a beagle.<span style=""> </span>When he gets the chance to acquire a Beagle, the boy passes the pup on to a little deaf girl, who has him trained as a hearing aid dog.<span style=""> </span>The initially think the little dog is a mutt, but learn that he's really a purebred Tibetan Terrier - and Heather enters him in AKC obedience trials.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Bs57o1-imEKmtwZAm8I9BJER9Dbc4s1oO86loqagKG-Ft3bKDTRCEqSX4rcOmd2sz2ejkoP0KxG9GseOrPDSJi5StjezuqWWeMXX3kqBOqtK6l_MNY4lJHvQnnJO5wvGXMKaZF_1K-Y/s1600-h/DSC03456.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Bs57o1-imEKmtwZAm8I9BJER9Dbc4s1oO86loqagKG-Ft3bKDTRCEqSX4rcOmd2sz2ejkoP0KxG9GseOrPDSJi5StjezuqWWeMXX3kqBOqtK6l_MNY4lJHvQnnJO5wvGXMKaZF_1K-Y/s400/DSC03456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435381304966901282" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A short book which is more photo-essay than novel, with brief and inelequent writing stuffed full of obvious propaganda.<span style=""> </span>I don't disagree with most of the 'message' - chained dogs are unhappy, tattooing a dog provides protection against theft, etc. - but I find the flat, dull style and unapologetic pedantry unforgivable.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">About the Author</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Born in <st1:country-region><st1:place>Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region>, Hess grew up in <st1:state><st1:place>Berlin</st1:place></st1:state> and came to <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region> in 1938.<span style=""> </span>In 1939, she did PR pictures for Frank Buck, the famous animal collector whose slogan was "bring 'em back alive."<span style=""> </span>Her photography and writing were featured in American magazines including <i style="">Life</i>.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><b style="">Other books</b>
<br />A Dog By Your Side</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Life Begins For Puppies</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A Pony To Love</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Shetland Ponies</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Diary Of A Rabbit</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Making Friends With Guinea Pigs</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A Cat's Nine Lives</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bird Companions</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Christine, The Baby Chimp</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Amazing Earthworm</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Animals That Hide, Imitate And Bluff</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Curious Raccoons</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A Family Of Foxes</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Fawn In The Woods</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Foxes In The Woodshed</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Listen To Your Kitten Purr</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mouse And Company</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Misunderstood Skunk</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Odd Pets</p> Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282906120848041156.post-70079291594800571472009-10-04T18:47:00.000-07:002016-05-22T22:09:32.114-07:00The Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures Of A K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures Of A K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective</span><br />
Kat Albrecht with Jana Murphy<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">As a kid, the idea of chosing a dog of my own and training it to respond to my commands was pure fantasy. I had calendars and posters with dogs in my room, and I made a pastime of studying dog breed guides, carefully choosing the kind I would want for my own someday.</span><br />
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At 20, Albrecht got her chance and adopted a mixed-breed puppy whose background represented half of her chosen breed - Weimaraner. The other half was Australian Shepherd. With Katie, she had her first taste of owning and training her own dog, and success in the sport of flyball. Ten years later, she set out to acquire a purebred Weimaraner, and bought the puppy Rachel. At the same time, she began switching careers with the ambition of being a K-9 officer. Over the years, she trained Rachel as a cadaver dog and acquired a Bloodhound puppy named A.J. When the police career doesn't quite work out due to a combination of issues, she switched her dogs over to searching for lost pets.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">It was then that I learned that the bulk of the search-and-rescue community considered tracking lost pets to be taboo. It wasn't that my peers considered the idea to be impossible - most just considered it to be beneath them.</span><br />
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In part, that attitude comes from pure practicality and the need to maintain the value of the dogs as human trackers - police dogs can't be distracted by animal scents while tracking a criminal or a lost child, after all. But part of it is a bit baffling. Since Albrecht had already retired her dogs from police work, she had no conflicts with their human training - now unneccessary - and after she lost one Bloodhound briefly in the woods, she had a new appreciation for the plight of owners searching for missing pets.<br />
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A very interesting book, both as a memoir and as a guide to how to find a missing pet. Cats apparently behave very, very differently than you'd think when they get disoriented from their normal routine, essentially going into a sort of silent emotional shut-down where they will not answer or go to their calling owners. Despite assumptions often made that skittish, fearful animals discovered running loose were abused or abandoned, many well-loved and spoiled house pets will behave skittishly and fearfully when lost. People who discover a stray pet will often be reluctant to turn it over to a shelter, the one place where the owner will go looking, and it's vital to put up large, unmissable signs so that they or their friends will realize that the 'abandoned' and 'abused' dog they found on the highway is really a lot pet.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Links</span><br />
<a href="http://www.katalbrecht.com/">Author's Website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.missingpetpartnership.org/">Missing Pet Partnership</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12136519">MSNBC story</a>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08937427776827933594noreply@blogger.com0