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| Good Dog. Stay. | 
 enlarge | Author: Anna Quindlen
Publisher: Random House
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 12849
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1400067138
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5403
EAN: 9781400067138
ASIN: 1400067138
Publication Date: November 20, 2007
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Condition: Some dust cover wear; otherwise, tight copy, unmarked text; USUALLY SHIPS OUT WITHIN 24 HOURS FROM UTAH.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Touches the heart March 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The daycare I take my lab to recommended this book in a newsletter. This is a book that all dog lovers/owners should read. It's a great book to pick up for a quick coffee break read. I'd recommend it as a great gift for the dog lovers in your life.
 A Puppy for the Kids March 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book at breakfast this morning. There are lots of pictures of very cute dogs, so it is a very quick read. I think I should have known what it was about though before I gave it to my aged mother. Quindlen's comparison of the journey of aging dogs and their owners to a person aging gracefully might be better appreciated by those earlier on in the journey.
There is a wonderful passage in the book that I wish every parent would read. Of course as a dog lover, I am biased.
"Sometimes people tell me that their children are begging for a puppy, and that they won't be fooled into going along because they know, they know that the kids say they will train the dog, walk the dog, feed and brush and tend the dog, but they won't. Well, of course they won't. Any parents who believe that they themselves will not wind up walking the dog most, if not all, of the time-especially in a downpour or a sleet storm-are parents who will also believe that there is no homework over the winter break and that the cigarettes belonged to someone else. For children, the point of have a dog is something like the point of having a mother and father. Our job is not to do but to be, not to act but to exist. We are bedrock, scenery, landscape, to be often ignored and then clung to during difficult or frightening or, occasionally, happy times. My mom, my dad, my dog, my home, immutable, to leave and then to return to at will and leave again."
A SAD GOODBYE TO A LOYAL FRIEND February 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like some other readers, I could not resist buying this book because of the picture of an aging Black Labrador on the cover. That could be my own aging lack Lab Wink on the cover with the same loving face..not to mention the graying of her black coat. Beau was with Quindlen's family his whole life. She tells of their first meeting and of his days as a happy adult. Unfortunately, the clock moves too quickly and Beau begins to slow down. The love in his eyes doesn't fade even though his body is. The last pages of this small book brought tears to my eyes. I could relate to Quindlen's journey with Beau--knowing it was coming to its end. The book is just over 80 pages and about half of it is pictures of various dogs. It's easy to finish the book in half an hour. It's more suitabke as a long magazine article rather than a book. The pictures in the book are of various dogs of different breeds. They just seem to be random pictures of cute dogs. Only a few pictures seem to be of Beau but none of the pictures have a caption. If Quindlen is like me she could fill a whole book with pictures of her dog.
Much of the book was a sad read for me knowing my time with my beautiful Wink is coming to an end. GOOD DOG. STAY is a sweet tribute to a beloved pet that leaves the reading wanting more
Good Dog, Stay February 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I lost my 14 year old lab, Cody, just before Christmas. How I love this wonderful book. There is nothing like the faithful love and trust of a dog. I have given this beautiful tribute to several of my animal loving friends. Years ago I read James Thurber's essay, Memorial to a Dog, his tribute to his standard poodle.
I haven't been able to find it anywhere. If you loved Good Dog, Stay, you want to read Thurber's memorial. Anyone know where I can find it?
Honey Wood
 This is a heartfelt book February 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am puzzled by the mean-spirited reviews here. A book's worth isn't measured by how many words it uses, it is measured by the heart in it.
This book had a lot of heart, and for anyone who ever had a pet, and loved and lost it, it will resonate. I listened to the audiobook, which was read by the author.
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