The Book of Dog

The Book Of Dog by Hemali Sodhi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Essentially a book of loss – a catharsis, a ventilation of the grief experienced by hoomans who have been owned by doggos and puppers. There are some heart-warming stories of rescue dogs.
The photos of the protagonists should have been with the article and not in a ‘rogues gallery' at the end of the book – almost as an afterthought. Similarly, the brief bio of the authors should have been at the end of each story.
Better quality photos, photos of Gaddie dogs and a photo-essay of the plump doggies of CP, like that of the dogs of Marine Drive would be have been welcome.
The story by Naomi Barton stands out, as does the hilarious sermon by Cyrus Broacha in his inimitable style.

Dogs. From the Latin dogustus. The Greek dogander. The Gujarati kuttro. What a group! As far as I’m concerned, dogs are in the top Three. Alongside wolves and The Beatles...
Dog people, I cannot stress this enough: Walk the doggie, feed the doggie, groom the doggie yourself! Or will away your house, property and money to your domestic worker, and stay in your room (which I'm assuming has Wi-Fi).

Here is a lyrical extract:

She stopped howling and turned and looked at me. Her eyes were huge. They were what puppy-dog eyes were named after. Pools took notes on how to be limpid

A must read for all dog-lovers.

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