Here’s a thrilling new twist on the heart-warming story of a dog’s odyssey to reunite with his human family. The story of a dog on a journey to find his human family is one that has been told before, but Tara Pollard creates a dark... Read More

Readers’ perceptions about the homeless population and pet ownership may change after reading My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals, a sociological study conducted by sociology professor Leslie Irvine, who... Read More

Monty Newport’s "Tuff Guy" is one of those rare books with a cover that accurately portrays the stellar qualities of its contents. The captivating line-drawing caricature of “Tuff,” as Newport’s adopted stray dog comes to be... Read More

Many towns can boast a place like the Dirty Dog Saloon, where regulars have their own tables and everyone is connected in some way with everyone else. On the day wealthy Jasper Londsberry will die, the patrons of the saloon are all at... Read More

One autumn several years ago, during a ferocious California storm, “a Great Pyrenees dog named Gigi welcomed eight squirmy little white puppies into the world. One of them was a female named Smudge, and Smudge was Gigi’s favorite... Read More

Two favorite topics in books these days are management and dogs—so, Martin Levin must have thought, why not combine them. The concept of learning management from a dog may not be as far-fetched as it sounds. Levin adopted a dog named... Read More

That Dog Won’t Hunt by Lou Allin reveals that a dog is not just man’s best friend but also woman’s. When Rick Cooper meets Gladys Ryan with her stalled car in the Mojave Desert, he is happy to help her. He is equally willing to... Read More

If stories were songs, then "One Dog Happy" would surely be the most hummable of short fiction. Not just because the title story uses music—a minister croons “Make Someone Happy” to an incontinent beagle saved from the pound (and,... Read More