Salty Dogs


Posted on Jun 17, 2008
By Julia Szabo

by Jean M. Fogle

Howell Book House, 112 pages, $14.99

Available on Amazon.com

If your summer workload prevents you from high-tailing it to the nearest beach as often as you'd like, there could be no greater escape than this charming book of photographs captioned with quotable quotes.  

What better word than fetching to describe the cover model, a French Bulldog with a light sprinkling of sand on his face? Or a Yellow Lab taking cover under an umbrella? How about a St. Bernard wading through the surf? There are Keeshonds sprinting, German Shepherds jumping, Border Collies  catching flying discs, and Boxers doing what they do like nobody else: boxing. My favorite shot portrays a sweet Pit Bull gleefully rolling on her back in the sand, along with this quip from Colette: "You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."  

This book makes a great gift. It's a brilliant reminder that dogs have their heads on straight because they always prioritize play. To drive the point home, we get this George Bernard Shaw gem: "We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing."

The author, a member of the esteemed Dog Writers Association of America, also has her head on straight: she dedicates this book to her husband "for finding the tenacious terrier who changed our lives" - Molly, the couple's Jack Russell.  
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