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For the Love of Dogs
For the Love of Dogs is a glorious tribute to dogs of all shapes, sizes, breeds, and personalities. Lively anecdotes, endearing photos, charming quotations, and fascinating facts pay homage to all things canine. Dog lovers will be delighted by the breadth of information included and charmed by the gorgeous artwork and irresistible photos.
For the Love of Dogs is organized into the following chapters, which promise to entertain, amuse, and
The History & Traditions of Dogs
Dogs & Their People
Dogs & Their Pals
Dogs at Work
Dogs Just Wanna Have Fun
Dog Tails & Talents
This 320-page hardbound book, which has a jacket that is embossed and is embellished with foil accents, makes a terrific gift. Or you can just keep it for yourself. Either way, For the Love of Dogs reminds us all exactly why a dog is man s (and woman s) best friend.
For the Love of Dogs is organized into the following chapters, which promise to entertain, amuse, and
The History & Traditions of Dogs
Dogs & Their People
Dogs & Their Pals
Dogs at Work
Dogs Just Wanna Have Fun
Dog Tails & Talents
This 320-page hardbound book, which has a jacket that is embossed and is embellished with foil accents, makes a terrific gift. Or you can just keep it for yourself. Either way, For the Love of Dogs reminds us all exactly why a dog is man s (and woman s) best friend.
- GenresAnimals
Hardcover
Published May 30, 2006
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PIL publishes books in many categories, including the popular Brain Games® series of puzzle, sticker and coloring books, in addition to cookbooks, children’s books, craft, reference and much more.
PIL's bestselling Brain Games® product line features a wide array of puzzle books, including standards such as word searches, crosswords, sudokus, codewords, and cryptograms, as well as variety puzzle books themed around crime, Christmas, summer, celebrities, and more.
The New Seasons® division publishes a variety of stationery products that combine unique formats with the latest trends in design. Among these are Sticker by Number titles, Color and Frame books, notepad sets, journals, and recipe keepers. These products are the perfect vehicle to de-stress and relax, organize your day, and record and share memories.
Collectible Automobile® magazine, another division of PIL, presents an in-depth look at the cars and trucks that Americans have known and loved for decades. First published in 1984, Collectible Automobile® magazine is released six times a year.
PIL's cookbooks feature visually outstanding presentations of culinary classics and world cuisine, including books that focus on the Mediterranean diet, plant-based cooking, restaurant recipes, and the best in entertaining.
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June 11, 2025
Despite the title, this book has absolutely nothing to do with Paul O'Grady's award-winning television series about Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Quite frankly, you're better off watching re-runs of the series than reading this stinker of a book.
The title and style is vaguely reminiscent of those large, thin, picture books produced by Octopus in England in the 1970s. They always began, "The Love of ...". They were basically long captions to various photos in Octopus' vast photo library. They could be read in about 20 minutes.
This book takes a bit longer to read, but not by much. The text is shockingly bad. I'm not including the numerous quotes and silly lists -- I mean any text that Chris Walkowicz could be bothered to type. Much of it is apparently supposed to be funny (but isn't) and some of it is just plain wrong. For example, there's a list of dogs breeds without tails which does NOT exclude dogs that have their tails docked due to fashion.
She also claims the first dogs were wolf-dogs, but genetics has shown that dogs split off from wolves thousands of years before dogs were domesticated ... or even started hanging around human garbage dumps.
She also claims canine ghosts exist ... and I think she was being serious there.
There's other factual errors, but this review is already too long. Suffice it to say that Walkowicz should get kicked out of the Dog Writers' Association of America ... where, sadly, she was President at the time this was first published in 2003. She was a dog breeder, so seems to prefer purebreds to crossbreeds. There's also too much about dog shows in here.
The text is arranged in a haphazard order. Bits of one subject can pop up four or six pages after it was started. Internet Archive files this as "Dogs -- Anecdotes" and that neatly sums up the text.
So, skip the text and just enjoy the photos.
The title and style is vaguely reminiscent of those large, thin, picture books produced by Octopus in England in the 1970s. They always began, "The Love of ...". They were basically long captions to various photos in Octopus' vast photo library. They could be read in about 20 minutes.
This book takes a bit longer to read, but not by much. The text is shockingly bad. I'm not including the numerous quotes and silly lists -- I mean any text that Chris Walkowicz could be bothered to type. Much of it is apparently supposed to be funny (but isn't) and some of it is just plain wrong. For example, there's a list of dogs breeds without tails which does NOT exclude dogs that have their tails docked due to fashion.
She also claims the first dogs were wolf-dogs, but genetics has shown that dogs split off from wolves thousands of years before dogs were domesticated ... or even started hanging around human garbage dumps.
She also claims canine ghosts exist ... and I think she was being serious there.
There's other factual errors, but this review is already too long. Suffice it to say that Walkowicz should get kicked out of the Dog Writers' Association of America ... where, sadly, she was President at the time this was first published in 2003. She was a dog breeder, so seems to prefer purebreds to crossbreeds. There's also too much about dog shows in here.
The text is arranged in a haphazard order. Bits of one subject can pop up four or six pages after it was started. Internet Archive files this as "Dogs -- Anecdotes" and that neatly sums up the text.
So, skip the text and just enjoy the photos.
September 29, 2010
I LOVE IT!!! I got so much information from it. I have read it 3 times the whole thing but i have read parts of it over and over. I even have memorize some of it.
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