Stanley & Sophie
Finished this book, so here's what I thought about it. As a lover and owner of Border Terriers, Steve McQueen & Toomuch, I enjoyed reading the stuff that was Border Terrier related. On the other hand, a lot of what was written about them is stuff that I'd already read elsewhere, except for the parts that had to do with personal events the author experienced with her dogs.
The author did a good job of describing her 2 Borders and their personalities, I could easily picture them.
I'd been worried because I knew she was going to give the dogs away eventually, but not to worry. Each went to a good home, and the dogs were actually happy being separated, which was something else I'd worried about. The dogs and their new owners stayed in touch with the author, so it was kind of like the old saying, "it takes a village" with them.
On the other hand, I skipped a big part of the book about when the author went to Bali, and talked about monkeys and birds and lizards. :x
It seemed that the author wrote this book about the time period not long after her husband's death from Alzheimer's and mainly used the dogs to illustrate how she dealt with the changes in her life.
Let me say, like a typical doglover, dogparent, whtever, LOL that MY dogs are way cuter, smarter and quirkier than hers. So there.
Anyway, while this book had cute parts, I wouldn't recommend it very highly.
The author did a good job of describing her 2 Borders and their personalities, I could easily picture them.
I'd been worried because I knew she was going to give the dogs away eventually, but not to worry. Each went to a good home, and the dogs were actually happy being separated, which was something else I'd worried about. The dogs and their new owners stayed in touch with the author, so it was kind of like the old saying, "it takes a village" with them.
On the other hand, I skipped a big part of the book about when the author went to Bali, and talked about monkeys and birds and lizards. :x
It seemed that the author wrote this book about the time period not long after her husband's death from Alzheimer's and mainly used the dogs to illustrate how she dealt with the changes in her life.
Let me say, like a typical doglover, dogparent, whtever, LOL that MY dogs are way cuter, smarter and quirkier than hers. So there.
Anyway, while this book had cute parts, I wouldn't recommend it very highly.
