New Book: Taught by Dogs by Colin Whittemore
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New Book: Taught by Dogs by Colin Whittemore
This evocative book is deeply personal, written with honesty from the heart; celebrating dogs and championing country life. It is the autobiographical story of a family and the dogs that have kept them company. The narrative reflects upon the happy notion that people are the better for sharing their lives with dogs. It begins with scenes of the working farm sheepdogs, terriers and hounds and ends with the author’s present companion (Dachshund, as it happens). Because it is about the lives of dogs and people, it has shadow and sunshine, sorrows and smiles. The author brings alive the countryside in which his family has lived: from the time when farms were places not for machines but for families, up to the present day when most dogs are house pets, not working farm-hands.