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Aug 13, 2016lukasevansherman rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
"Who would imagine that the bodily eliminations, impacted anal glands, and sexual dysfunction of an ordinary dog could inspire a story so delicate, so sensitive, so clearly understood, and so purely and delightfully composed as to rival an Elizabethan sonnet?" So writes Elizabeth Marshall Thomas in the introduction to J.R. Ackerley's 1956 book about his dog, Tulip, a German shepherd. While I like dogs, I'm not a dog owner and so some of the charm was probably lost on me. I did learn way more than I needed to about the sexual and reproductive habits of dogs. Ackerley wrote several other non-fiction books and the novel "We Think the World of You." Made into an animated film.