Price: £3.00 [UK] + p&p
A word from the editor and publisher of Dog Tales, Misty's two-legged:
“Dog Tales is crammed to the rafters with
stories of dogs. All shapes and sizes of dogs; all shapes and sizes of story, poetry and imagery.
Read about Tilly's Starlight, Snoopy's reincarnation,
the dog who turned the tables on a joker and Taz, the world's first Cyberpog.
Have you ever wondered about those legendary hounds? Read about Gelert, Setanta
and Greyfriars Bobby. Then, if you dare, look into Joe Rattigan's account of his
experience with the terrifying Black Dog of Northern England.
Illustrated by Rabidwire and Carole Humphreys, this is a little book to treasure.
It is also a book with a good cause. All profits - and I mean ALL profits will go to
Leicester Animal Aid and East Midlands Dog Rescue [Leicesterhsire, UK].
”
To find out about other books by Sue Phillips, visit her website at www.spiralthreads.co.uk
PogBard at last...!
Being a high profile, much sought after, 'loved-by-all-who-know-him' personality, I am constantly being hounded by fans and press alike. Finding peace and solitude has become a rare o-cur-rence nowadays and I am totally dependent on my personal Poggieguards [my two-leggeds] to preserve my privacy...and my sanity!
However, being a true, red-blooded hound, I can never resist the 'Call of the Wild' when I hear it and when I heard Misty's two-legged, Sue, howling in a most unnatural way one evening, my curiosity was aroused! She was howling at my Poggieguards in the park during my regular 'check of all I purvey' and I mosied on in to see if there was anything I could do.
After all, if there was a stranger causing trouble, I could perform my ritual 'jumping out from behind a tree to show off my newly shined pearly whites and loudest, deepest gutteral utterances when least expected' routine in order to keep them in line.
Alternatively, if there were some new young blood in town that hadn't yet been briefed in the heirarchical structure of my domain, I could dig out the old lecturn and explain, in simple terms, the law of my land along with the current penalties should said law not be adhered to. That's where the lecturn comes in ...the sound of it splintering as my pearly's come crashing down on it is more than enough to curdle the blood of these rebellious young pups!
I listened to the howling carefully in order to be prepared for the appropriate action...
Boy! Was I ever flummoxed! This was a whole NEW situation...one I had no experience of at all. It turned out that Sue was putting together a book of Dog Tales [that's Pog Tales to the more learned amongst us!] in order to raise buckets of shiny metallic stuff that would be used to look after Pogs who were either lost, abandoned or really sick and had no two-leggeds of their own.
The message got under my ear-flaps kicking them into 'Tazzie-ear-up' mode, shot down the old ear-pod canals, bashed around the old epiglotis a few times and then raced full pelt all the way to my now pounding heart - which was in the right place as always. Not so my brain which had switched, when I wasn't looking, to 'Rottie mode' and before you could say "Squizzell in the gardin" I was woofing those impulsive Rottie words "I'll help!" There they were...out of my chops and panting eagerly on the ground before I had even a chance to flick the *RGS switch back! Don't you just hate it when that happens?!?!?!
As it turned out, helping with this great cause was one of the easiest things I have ever done as the brief was very straight forward - tell the world about myself! Weeeellll, OK lil' lady! Mind you, although the content is easy, it takes a long time to put all the wonderful and amazing details of myself down on paper...not so much because there is loads of it but more because getting a pen between my pads is a skill mastered by only a few - and having enormous pads is definitely a number one drawback! BUT - in true heroic style, I did it with 2 hours to spare before the presses started to roll!
And here it is! Well, not 'here' here. Here as in 'Now available from all woofin' good Pogshops and Pogsites!' AND it comes complete with an awesomely handsome and talented CentrePog! Sue has very kindly lent me her PayPal button so I can share this incredible masterpiece with you all.
BUT, more importantly, please remember why this project came to be and please help us to support those wonderful two-leggeds who are working so hard all over the world to make it a happier, safer and loving place for unconditonally loving and loyal Pogs everywhere. Some of my Anipals have had a really bad time in life through no fault of their own and I am both honoured and proud to be able to do anything that will help make their lives better.
Buy this book TODAY and then give yourself a big pat on the head and a huge slobbery lick [location entirely your choice!] and be proud of yourself for helping such a great cause!
A HUGE THANKYOU from myself and all my Anipal friends...:o)
* RGS: Rottweiller/German Shepherd. We're kinda special because we have two modes, as any RGS Pog will tell you - German Shepherd mode is when our incredible intelligence, perceptiveness, agility, sixth sense and general smartness are active. Rottweiller mode isn't! 'Nuff said!