Tales from a Dog Catcher
Tales from a Dog Catcher is based on the author’s experiences in a smallish city in the northern suburbs of NYC. Reminiscent of both All Creatures Great and Small and Marley & Me, it offers the stories of everyday people who, whether by accident or design, come into contact with the sad, funny,...
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Tales from a Dog Catcher is based on the author’s experiences in a smallish city in the northern suburbs of NYC. Reminiscent of both All Creatures Great and Small and Marley & Me, it offers the stories of everyday people who, whether by accident or design, come into contact with the sad, funny, and often profound world of an animal control officer.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781599214986 (1599214989)
Publish date: April 1st 2009
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Pages no: 252
Edition language: English
As an animal welfare advocate I was excited to read this. I have talked with the local animal control guys near me and they seem so jaded and unhappy. They never talk about the day to day job but, I thought saving animals would be a happy career. I was curious to read a real life, not made for TV re...
Really surprisingly good... it gets better as the book progresses and I enjoyed the last few stories more than the beginning ones. It reminded me a lot of the animal cop shows I used to be addicted to... and, I'm sure, will be addicted to again once we have cable again.