A very sweet little book about our relationship with our pets and how we really don't deserve them. No matter what we do to them, or ignore them or reject them they still are there for us. They are much better beings then we are! The picture are lovely and surprisingly delicate. I enjoyed the book though I am not sure if this is really a book to give to younger readers. ( )

A very sweet book about how to treat pets! Beautiful and touching illustrations. This books seems to really get into a pet or potential pet owners mind and let them know what their pets want from their owners and why they may be "sad." I think this book would be appropriate for children of any age and teach them responsible pet ownership. Highly recommend. ( )

brb gonna go walk my doggo and give him all the treats and belly rubs okay

(Full disclosure: I received a free book for review through Library Thing's Early Reviewers program.)

Hey.

Tell me I'm pretty.

Tell me I'm smart.

Tell me I am of value to someone.

Please, tell me I'll be alright.

I really don't know what to make of A Book For Sad Pets.*

If the mere thought of your furred, feathered, or scaled family member in pain - physical, mental, emotional, you name it - is like a knife to the heart, then A Book For Sad Pets is murder by fourteen stabs. (I counted.)

If, on the other hand, you think nothing of buying a designer dog to specs, like she's a new Ford pickup or a set of custom kitchen cabinets; crow about how your dog is a member of the family...who you keep chained outside 24/7; or dump your senior doggo off at the pound because his incontinence is too much of an inconvenience for you - then this book is meant for you, even if odds are 99.9999% that you'll dismiss it as sentimental librul snowflake nonsense.

I guess maybe the best audience is children, whose minds are still malleable and open to some compassionate guidance?

I fall into the first camp (obvs) and, while it depressed the h*ck out of me, it's also a welcome reminder to put down my iPad/Kindle/keyboard/comic book every now and again and show my remaining nonhuman family members just how much I love and cherish them.

http://www.easyvegan.info/img/a-book-for-sad-pets-01.jpg
"Please, please tell me that you will always think of me."

* Especially the Goldy panel. It seems pretty tragic, as though Goldy's people view their dogs as interchangeable, but I'll be damned if they aren't also thinking of Goldy 1 and Goldy 2, as Goldy 3 implores. SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THIS, PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU. THE GOLDIES FOR REAL HAUNTING MY DREAMS.

http://www.easyvegan.info/2019/07/02/a-book-for-sad-pets-by-kristin-tipping/ ( )

Illustrations are cute and I think my granddaughter would enjoy them. But the message is a little too depressing. When I show her this book, I will "read" a more uplifting message to go along with the pictures. Seems to be a better message for older children. I don't think it will be seen by that target age because it looks like a book for little children. ( )

A short but sweet book that is a reminder of how we should love and appreciate our pets. I read this to my 3 yr old grandson and he loved the illustrations. Colorful and simple enough for the youngest pet lovers to learn how to treat our beloved family members. ( )