Weareprofessionallytrainedtohelpyouenjoypeaceofmindwhileyourdogenjoyshiswalks.Yes,evenwhilewestoptopickuphispoop.
cheerfuldogschroniclesBookClub:BestsellingMaterial
Issue6Certified.Force-free.Dog-centred
“Allthevirtuesofmanwithouthisvices.”–LordByron
DogQuotes
Aesopwrotehisfablesaverylongtimeago.In1877BlackBeautygalloped
ontothestage,andmid-twentiethcentury,JohnSteinbeckwroteabouthis
poodle-accompaniedroadtripinTravelswithCharlie.Storiesaboutanimals
havealwaysbeenaround,butpreciousfewtranscendthefluffy-edged
sphereofchildren’sliterature.Notsoanymore.Tenortwelveyearsago
booksellersnoticedatrend:Booksaboutdogsbegantoshowconsistently
solidsales,almostregardlessofsubject.Trainingmanualorglossycoffee
tablephotography,itmatteredlittle.
Today,whatwasatrendhasbecomeawave.Oncethesoleprovinceofardentfanciers,dog-themedbooksnow
poketheirnosesontobestsellerlistseveryfewmonths,evenpenetratingthefictionlist,asinthecaseofGarth
Stein’sTheArtofRacingintheRainorW.BruceCameron’sADog’sPurpose.Butthebiggestwinnersarenon-fiction
thatrangesfrommemoirtotruestoriestocognitivescienceandcynology.Whohasn’tread,orheardof,John
Grogan’smega-hitMarley&Me,abouthisfamily’sadorable,dysfunctionalLabrador?TempleGrandin’sAnimalsin
Translationearnedbestsellerstatus,asdidJonKatz’memoir(DogDays)andAlexandraHorowitz’InsideofaDog.
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Whythisgroundswellofenthusiasmfordoggieliterature?The
obviousansweristhatdogsandothercompanionanimalsare
morepopularthaneverbeforeinhistory(a2016studybythe
AmericanPetProductsAssociationestimatesthereare78million
dogsinAmericaalone,notcountingtherestoftheworld),sothe
poolofinterestedreadershasgrown.
Butsurelythedemandfordog-relatedbooks—alongwith
demandfordesignercollars,rawfood,dogwalkers,poop
scoopingservices,andmore—alsoindicatestheuniqueposition
dogshavecometooccupyinthefamily.Longourhard-working
ally,dogshavemovedintoourhomesandheartsinaway
previouslyreservedforhumanchildren.Accordingtoanother
study,morethanhalfofdogownersconsidertheirpet‘an
integralpartofthefamily.’
Thenagain,thetruthmayboildowntothis:Dogs,withalltheir
lovablefoibles,makeforvastlyinterestingreading.
HealthyDog:Dogsandflatulence
Awkwardasthesubjectis,excessiveflatulenceindogsisnojoke.Ofcourse,somegasproductionisperfectlynormal,indogsaswellashumans.Buttoomuchofitisnotjustanuisanceforthoselivingwiththeafflictedpooch,it’sasignthatsomethingisn’tworkingasitshouldinthedog’sdigestivesystem.Anoverproductionofgascanhavemanydifferentcauses,likeeatingfoodtooquickly,foodallergies,overgrowthofbacteria,achronicboweldisorder,oraseriousillness.So,whatdoyoudoifyourbestfriendistoogassy?Firststepisavisittothevet,wherestoolchecks,bloodwork,X-rays,andultrasoundsarestandardinitialdiagnostictools.Ifthosedon’tyieldresults,anendoscopymaybenecessary.Mostoften,though,theanswerwillbesomethinglifestylerelated,likeachangeofdietorchewies,feedingsmallermealsmorefrequently,ortryingprobiotics.
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