Review: POOR PUPPY!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
Boswell is a terrier who thinks he has a world full of problems. In no particular order:He's in love with a poodle named Lulu, a standard poodle. To get romantic with Lulu he'd have to have longer legs or she'd have to cooperate. You figure it out.Boswell suddenly saw the answers to all his problems and yours and mine, too, in his kibble one day, but he was so hungry he gobbled it up. He tries to remind himself to look before he eats, but his little tummy is so empty.Each day after his walk he wants his owner, Grossman, to give him just one more treat. He's tried using ESP to communicate with his man, but it just hasn't worked.So he turned to his best friend: StuffyMan. The two of them have an interesting conversation for the entire, but short book.First SM tries to get Boswell  to remember what word Grossman says before he gives him a treat. I've never seen or heard any of the words Boswell comes up with. In actuality the word is DOWN. SM explains that it means to put your belly on the ground.In typical twisted terrier thinking, Boswell wonders how this will help him get Lulu.Reading this book is like taking a trip through a teenage boy's mind: everything seems to be about food, sex and money.Yes, money. Boswell learned about money from television. He doesn't use the word infomercial, but what dog would know that word. He just knows that money can buy more kibble.I laughed from the twisted thinking, the reference to Lady Gaga and Boswell's preoccupation with, ahem, well, it's obvious Boswell hasn't been neutered.There are references to the pressures Grossman is under because he's finishing up on a book about animals. That part is true.If my own dogs had a conversation it would be quite different. My girls have been spayed. They would wonder what time we were playing ball and if Sam, the Lab from across the street would be joining us. Our front yard is a little shorter and a little wider than a football field. I throw as many balls as there are dogs, bring a big bowl of water and pockets full of bacon flavored treats and peanut butter bones.Abby might complain because I use red pepper to keep her out of my flower beds. She's 2; she'll learn. But I'm retired so I have time to lavish on my furry friends. Grossman is an active author. His life is different from mine, so Boswell has a different life than my dogs.