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What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner

by Emily Yoffe

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  cupcakes | Nov 28, 2011 |
This was without a doubt the funniest book I have ever read - and that includes all of David Sedaris. I laughed out loud and read excerpts aloud to anyone who would listen. Ms. Yoffe's conversion from cat person to hard-core dog owner and foster care provider was hysterical. Her personal stories are funny enough but what she shares from the lives of others is a riot. What made it particularly funny is that she saw the humor in her own behavior - there's nothing better than a self-depreciating dog owner - so many are self-righteous and nuts, I found her refreshing! A must read! ( )
  knitwit2 | Jan 16, 2011 |
I loved this book and it was laugh out loud funny, but it makes me think twice about getting a dog! ( )
  mizruzz | Oct 22, 2008 |
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Chronicles Yoffe's journey from cat person to dog lover. She was in for some surprises when she took in a neurotic rescued beagle to satisfy her daughter; the transformation begins with consternation and culminates with real affection as she becomes a foster mother to a series of homeless beagles; she studies (without success) to be a pet psychic; and she visits the Department of Homeland Security to watch sausage- and incendiary device-sniffing canines in action. She finds that everyone who has ever owned a dog has a story to tell, and becomes the repository for adventures of heroic, lovable, lazy, malodorous, phlegmatic and incontinent dogs--this book delivers some of the most outlandish and certainly the funniest dog stories on record. But, at its heart, it tells how Yoffe's family turned Sasha, the skittish stray, into a wonderful pet--and how Sasha transformed Yoffe into a dog-lover for life.--From publisher description.… (more)

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