[LokiMeister]

I am looking for a good fiction or non-fiction book or two on dogs. I have read The Art of Racing in the Rain and Merle and thought both were excellent. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[2tall]

Surely you read Marley? (some call it a chick book, but it is still a great book!)

 

[Mattyj]

Where The Red Fern Grows. You might have read it as a kid in school but it's worth reading as an adult as well.

 

[LokiMeister]

Surely you read Marley? (some call it a chick book, but it is still a great book!)

Yep, forgot that one.

 

[LokiMeister]

Where The Red Fern Grows. you might have read it as a kid in school ut it worth reading as an adult as well.

Never heard of that one. I will check it out. Thanks.

 

[Rainmaker]

Where The Red Fern Grows. you might have read it as a kid in school ut it worth reading as an adult as well.

I'll second that one.

Also Richard Adams' Plague Dogs. Will make you sick & furious at times but very well written novel.

 

[Rainmaker]

Dean Koontz's Watchers, even if the star is a golden.:razz:

 

[kghops]

The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle

 

[Miriam Wade]

Nop's Trials by Donald McCaig and any of the Albert Payson Terhune books are worth reading.

M

 

[Dave Flint]

A Rough Shooting Dog by Charles Fergus

Anything by Gene Hill

 

[mattm337]

I've really enjoyed Mike Gaddis' "Jenny Willow" (a novel about a setter) and his "Zip Zap," about his experiences with horseback field trials.

 

[duk4me]

Every ******* boy has got to read " Old Yeller" btw with a box of Kleenex

 

[signgirl]

My Dog Skip by Willie Morris...wonderfully written.

 

[Kenneth Niles Bora]

I am looking for a good fiction or non-fiction book or two on dogs......
Any suggestions?

Thanks.

For a bit of both, in a lite summer read. I always recommend
“Regulations & Guidelines for AKC Hunting Tests for Retrievers”
and it’s sequel,
“Dealing With Misconduct at American Kennel Club Events”

A riveting tale of a boy, his dog, two judges…… and more



.

 

[Howard N]

You ain't right Ken.

 

[LokiMeister]

For a bit of both, in a lite summer read. I always recommend
“Regulations & Guidelines for AKC Hunting Tests for Retrievers”
and it’s sequel,
“Dealing With Misconduct at American Kennel Club Events”

A riveting tale of a boy, his dog, two judges…… and more



.

I was looking for something a little less dry...but THANKS...

 

[Miriam Wade]

Gene Hill is a MUST. Here are two quotes from him:

"I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog — completely exhausted after a hard day in the field — limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend."




"He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along to care for me.)

When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy, he is joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he brags. Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty itself.

He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant.

His head on my knee can heal my human hurts. His presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown things. He has promised to wait for me... whenever... wherever — in case I need him. And I expect I will — as I always have. He is just my dog. "

From Tears and Laughter

M

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Where The Red Fern Grows. you might have read it as a kid in school ut it worth reading as an adult as well.

Had that one recorded on BETA......

 

[Rainmaker]

Nop's Trials by Donald McCaig and any of the Albert Payson Terhune books are worth reading.

M

Loved Nop's Trials too.

 

[awclark]

Angus, great story about a JRT, by Charles Siebert