Ah, memories! This book dates back to 1985,
published by Century
(ISBN
0 7126 0764 1) and sadly not reprinted (see foot of page*). Such is the
nature of modern
publishing.
Dedicated to our dog of the time, Shad, who was found as a stray,
walking
about in the middle of the traffic in Tooley Street, in London's
Southwark.
Named after the nearby docklands street Shad Thames (which is now a
very
desirable penthouse area), and destined to have a radical effect on our
lives for several years until he died of cancer.
This indispensable handbook draws upon our bizarre and stressful
education
at the paws of said dog.
What to do with waste products
-
Grappling
skills
- Off the lead Absence makes the voice
grow louder - In
the car
- Coping
with other dog lovers
- The
'walking rope'
- Tail
piece An out-of-the-blue review (via
email 25.6.09): “The loony dog owner´s handbook”
howled to me from its shelf in a second hand bookstore in Franschoek,
South Africa. So of course I walked it out from there and brought
it home to my loony dogs in Sweden, as a bad example. South Africa,
Britain, Sweden; dogs are just the same everywhere. As dogowners. Do
they laugh at us just as much as we do our selfs?
Anyway: thanks! I had a wonderful time with you and your dog! -Bitte Sundin
(*Strangely
enough, this book has had a permanent place on amazon.co.uk
when you do a book search under 'Borin Van Loon', despite being long
out of print; other obscure books by Borin such as 'Intellectual Bull'
have recently cropped
up.)
What to do with waste products
Off the lead
The
'walking rope'
