Published: 6 May 2003
Publisher: Random House
Format: Paperback
Rating: 📖📖📖📖
Review:
I want to read more non-fiction and I love dogs so this was right up my alley. It follows the author as he takes in a border collie puppy called Devon, who is a bit out of control, and turns him into a family pet, loved by all. He gives him a better life and it's wonderful to read.
He already has two labradors when he enters the story, well established family pets and it was interesting to read how the dynamic changed with a puppy. I had an older dog and my brother bought a puppy and the dynamic was very similar.
The only reason I gave this book four stars was due to the chapters where Stanley and Julius had to be put to sleep. I've never met these dogs or had a connection with them but I could feel and understand how much the author loved them and it made me cry
There is a final chapter which advises the reader that if you want a border collie, be prepared to train them. And that's a tough thing to do as they're working dogs and not pets.
In the end, this book is about the life of one man, and four dogs, when he takes in Homer too, but I really enjoyed reading about them growing, the relationships changing, and everything being great at the end.
Dogs and humans have an incredible bond and you really understand that with this book.
I'm really glad I picked this up.
4/5 stars.
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