“Plump Pups and Fat Cats: A Seven-Point Weight Loss Program for Your Overweight Pet” by Steve Duno (St. Martin’s Griffin) Reading this title, some pet owners will wince. What’s next—a Twelve-Step program for dogs and cats? Not to worry. Steve Duno’s smart, crisply written book will be useful to owners fighting the battle of the […]
The Social Lives of Dogs
“Nothing is more important to a dog than a group membership,” declare Elizabeth Marshall Thomas after carefully taking stock of canine social longings. In The Social Lives of Dogs, Thomas documents her 15-year scrutiny of her mixed-species household, which includes dogs, cats, birds, and people. As an integral member of the pack under investigation, the […]
Adopting the Racing Greyhound; by Cynthia A Branigan
This comprehensive labor of love opens with a tub-threatening foreword by the late animal advocate, Cleveland Amory, and from there proceeds to extol the virtuous yet exploited breed, the Greyhound. Branigan, president of Make Peace With Animals – a welfare group that holds Greyhound rescue among its missions-leaves no bone unturned as she thoroughly […]