Weareprofessionallytrainedtohelpyouenjoypeaceofmindwhileyourdogenjoyshiswalks.Yes,evenwhilewestoptopickuphispoop.

cheerfuldogschroniclesBookClub:BestsellingMaterial

Issue6Certified.Force-free.Dog-centred

“Allthevirtuesofmanwithouthisvices.”–LordByron

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Aesopwrotehisfablesaverylongtimeago.In1877BlackBeautygalloped

ontothestage,andmid-twentiethcentury,JohnSteinbeckwroteabouthis

poodle-accompaniedroadtripinTravelswithCharlie.Storiesaboutanimals

havealwaysbeenaround,butpreciousfewtranscendthefluffy-edged

sphereofchildren’sliterature.Notsoanymore.Tenortwelveyearsago

booksellersnoticedatrend:Booksaboutdogsbegantoshowconsistently

solidsales,almostregardlessofsubject.Trainingmanualorglossycoffee

tablephotography,itmatteredlittle.

Today,whatwasatrendhasbecomeawave.Oncethesoleprovinceofardentfanciers,dog-themedbooksnow

poketheirnosesontobestsellerlistseveryfewmonths,evenpenetratingthefictionlist,asinthecaseofGarth

Stein’sTheArtofRacingintheRainorW.BruceCameron’sADog’sPurpose.Butthebiggestwinnersarenon-fiction

thatrangesfrommemoirtotruestoriestocognitivescienceandcynology.Whohasn’tread,orheardof,John

Grogan’smega-hitMarley&Me,abouthisfamily’sadorable,dysfunctionalLabrador?TempleGrandin’sAnimalsin

Translationearnedbestsellerstatus,asdidJonKatz’memoir(DogDays)andAlexandraHorowitz’InsideofaDog.

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…Bestsellingmaterial

Whythisgroundswellofenthusiasmfordoggieliterature?The

obviousansweristhatdogsandothercompanionanimalsare

morepopularthaneverbeforeinhistory(a2016studybythe

AmericanPetProductsAssociationestimatesthereare78million

dogsinAmericaalone,notcountingtherestoftheworld),sothe

poolofinterestedreadershasgrown.

Butsurelythedemandfordog-relatedbooks—alongwith

demandfordesignercollars,rawfood,dogwalkers,poop

scoopingservices,andmore—alsoindicatestheuniqueposition

dogshavecometooccupyinthefamily.Longourhard-working

ally,dogshavemovedintoourhomesandheartsinaway

previouslyreservedforhumanchildren.Accordingtoanother

study,morethanhalfofdogownersconsidertheirpet‘an

integralpartofthefamily.’

Thenagain,thetruthmayboildowntothis:Dogs,withalltheir

lovablefoibles,makeforvastlyinterestingreading.

HealthyDog:Dogsandflatulence

Awkwardasthesubjectis,excessiveflatulenceindogsisnojoke.Ofcourse,somegasproductionisperfectlynormal,indogsaswellashumans.Buttoomuchofitisnotjustanuisanceforthoselivingwiththeafflictedpooch,it’sasignthatsomethingisn’tworkingasitshouldinthedog’sdigestivesystem.Anoverproductionofgascanhavemanydifferentcauses,likeeatingfoodtooquickly,foodallergies,overgrowthofbacteria,achronicboweldisorder,oraseriousillness.So,whatdoyoudoifyourbestfriendistoogassy?Firststepisavisittothevet,wherestoolchecks,bloodwork,X-rays,andultrasoundsarestandardinitialdiagnostictools.Ifthosedon’tyieldresults,anendoscopymaybenecessary.Mostoften,though,theanswerwillbesomethinglifestylerelated,likeachangeofdietorchewies,feedingsmallermealsmorefrequently,ortryingprobiotics.

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