The Holy Grail for Wagging Tails?

Your dog will think so if my dog’s reaction is any measure. Onyx and I read Dog Park Wisdom: Real-World Advice on Choosing, Caring For, and Understanding Your Canine Companion  (Skipstone, $18. 95) during a long weekend in the wilderness of Central Oregon.  Combining advice from pet owners, author Lisa Wogan has put together an engaging potpourri of popular pet problems—and answers.

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The Sense of Wonder: A Gift for Yourself

The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson, Photographs by Nick Kelsh
(Hardcover, 112 pages, HarperCollins 1998 ISBN 978-0067575208)

While doing some research about the woman who is perhaps America’s best-known environmentalist, Rachel Carson, I stumbled across this book.

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Pets and the Planet:  Now Available

Want eco-friendly pets?  Carol wrote the book.  That’s right.  Pets and the Planet: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Pet Care is available now.

Click here for more about the book

As if a book weren’t enough, there’s even more fun on Carol’s blog: Pets and the Planet. All eco-pets, all the time. 

Plus get links to eco-suppliers and submit your own best eco-suggestions to win a “Green Pet” award.

Howl and Bark: Laughs and a Good Deed

Howl, a new anthology of “humorous dog-erature” features witty insights about life with canines by Dave Barry, Roy Blount Jr., Al Franken, Margaret Cho, Kinky Friedman and a pack of other fine writers.

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Animals Afraid of Kids

Kids can learn that bats, spiders, and snakes are more afraid of kids than kids are of them when you read to them from Joy Cowley’s
Chameleon Chameleon and Time For Kids: Snakes! If your child is afraid of bats and spiders, do not fear: these topics are available in the same book series.