Smiling Faces: Bulldogs beat psychoanalysis

by Susanna Barbaglia, Oscar Grazioli

The English bulldog is not just a dog, it’s a bulldog. It’s not just a passion, it’s a lifestyle choice. If you fall in love with one, you’re done you can’t live without it. Never mind if it breaks all the normal rules of canine behaviour, if it snores like a trombone, if it can’t wash itself, if it hates the slightest change in its living quarters, and if just looking at it makes you worry and think of taking out an annual subscription to a veterinary surgery. This book is a two-sided psychological on the one hand, of the ideal companion for a bulldog; on the other, of a dog which carries with it a high risk of emotional addiction, because of its almost magical powers of empathy and its extraordinary madness. With quotes from literature and elsewhere, and a preface by Oscar Grazioli. Masterfully translated by Jonathan Hunt.

137 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 4, 2019

Reviews

[Julie Witte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Should be required reading

Loved this book! This should be required reading for anyone who is thinking of acquiring a bulldog. Written with heart, logic and empathy.

[Sherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet book with sweet stories. I have a bulldog. He is my baby. So I can relate to the stories but it was nothing I didn't already know.