Tails of Dogs and Cats and Woozils, oh my!
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This is a book for dog people!
It is for those who regard dogs as family members with all rights and privileges.
It is for people who would run into a burning house to save a dog.
It is for people who allows dogs in bed with them, even though the dog snores, even though it hogs bed space, even though it winds off blankets to its own advantage, even though it yips and kicks out in pursuit of dreamed-of rabbits, even though it gets up in the middle of the night for drinks of water, for snacks at the dog bowl or to go outside to meet pressing needs.
In other words, this book is for people who recognize that sleeping with a dog is about the same as sleeping with anybody else!
This book is for people who know we share more similarities with dogs than we have significant differences.
We and dogs know joy; we both know sorrow; we both feel the deadening effects of lonesomeness and boredom; we both feel the luxurious contentment of a fire in the hearth on a winter’s night.
And how we both respond to praise! With it we glow, and fall into gloom when blamed.
With dogs we share a desire to have a good run at what life offers and to see something of the world. We share a desire to sport with our own kind. We both love a good dinner and a soft bed. We share with dogs a desire to play – with sticks and balls, and even to tug on ropes.
We share these things and more, but set apart in quality from all forms of sharing is one thing which is overwhelming.
It is to love.
What a tragedy if we had not found each other – people and dogs.
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About the Book
In Tails, the animals woof and meow intelligently. That’s called anthropomorphism and has an ancient lineage in books - The Uncle Remus stories, for instance, as well as any number of comic strip ‘characters’ you greet every Sunday in the ‘funnies.’
Anybody with a dog knows their personal life is constantly scrutinized with accuracy. Just put on those particular shoes and see what happens to Fido’s tail! Drop the word ‘come’ into conversation by accident and see what those ears do!
And how you obey when the leash is dropped at your feet!
Dogs always had a lot to say. They just needed interpreters who speak people talk.
Charles Shultz’s Snoopy has known that for years.
About the Author
Richard Peifer is deeply devoted to dogs...and cats too. Although this book features a pair of Dalmatians, he is no ‘dog snob’ and has adopted and loved mixed-breeds from the local animal shelter as well as one tiny, black, walk-in stray.
His relationship with animals is through the heart, and over the years some of the heaviest farewells have been to dear and departed dog and cat family members.
A former English teacher, the author hopes that won’t be held against him by anybody who suffered with composition papers splattered with red-ink comments.
Often professionally restless, in addition to working on and running a weekly newspaper, he has taught at NYU; high school in Great Neck, Long Island; in California colleges as well as years in Kenya classrooms.
All this before settling in to