Dog About Town: How to Choose and Care for a City Dog

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Summary: This book saved me!
Review: After moving to Washington, D.C. from a rural area, I became very lonely. "Dog About Town" helped me get a great companion, a Corgy. You learn how to choose the right dog, but, more importantly, you learn how to take care of it. I highly recommend this book!

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Summary: A Helpful Guide for Dog Owners
Review: Having recently re-read The Evan's Guide to a Civilized City Canine, Job Michael Evans, it was interesting to follow it by reading Dog About Town, Patricia Farley.

Since Job Michael Evans is one of my favorite authors, I won't even attempt to compare writing. What is fun is comparing the information contained in the two books. Surprisingly little has changed since 1989 when Civilized City Canine was published. Unfortunate, as we would hope that in eleven years we would have made more progress in the number of places where our canine friends are welcomed.

The author's breed descriptions for those dogs that are candidates for city living appear to be accurate. The personality test was fun, but I was unable to locate any special guidance on using the responses to help determine breed choices.

Lots of good information is included on city living with your pet: training; activities you can participate in with your dog; travel and boarding; going to the country with your pet; those necessary walks.

I found the editing to be somewhat incomplete as words appear to be missing out of some of the sentences. Page 52 leaves me puzzled as to whether what is included is as the author wrote or if some important information was edited out. For clarification, you could show your dog at more than 100 shows, placing third in a class of three at all the shows, and never have a Champion. You must win your class to win points toward the Championship. The paragraph on hip dysplasia also seems to be a bit confusing.

Overall, I found this book easy reading about the challenges of city living with your dog. With better editing, I would have given it a 4 star rating. All dog owners should find it fun reading. For city dwellers, perhaps necessary reading.

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Summary: Extremely helpful
Review: I recently moved to Boston, and I thought I would be resigned to only being able to have goldfish or a cat for a pet. But then I stumbled across this book, and after reading it for a few minutes in the store, I knew that I could get the dog I wanted after all. The author is very concise and direct with her suggestions. I hd thought about going right to the pet store to buy the cutest puppy I could find, but after reading this book, I have realized that may not be the best course of action. I now hope to adopt a greyhound, and this book is going to be immeasurably helpful in raising and living with my new friend. I am so glad that somebody finally wrote this book-I think it will help a lot of people.