DogJoy: Happiest Dogs in the Universe
Page after page of grinning, happy dogs. What's not to love? The forward by Ann Padgett was particularly fabulous. She addressed those who correct us to say the dogs aren't actually smiling and how a doggy kiss is actually the inner puppy trying to extract a treat from mom's teat or whatever: Who cares? It makes me happy, the dog is obviously enjoying him or herself, so go find something else to take issue with. She says it much more sweetly and kindly, though. I wish the book had been bigger and the pictures bigger, some are just tiny little 1 x 1.25" snippets, but I suspect that this is because they are low resolution snapshots e-mailed in. There were a handful of shots where the dog didn't really look happy and one where the dog looked to me like it was actually about to eat someone (it had on a silly hat and was clearly snarling, not smiling) but mostly these are dogs at their silly, happy best: just being dogs.It's a quick read but a great pick-me-up. Who can't smile after seeing a big sloppy dog face grinning at you? This one's a keeper.