Books with title My Dog

This dog-lover's book was published in 1913 and tells the story of a French bull-dog named Pelleas. A 4-Star Review: Reviewer: Rietto - - September 10, 2009 Subject: Lovely bulldog illustrations A short book with some very nice paintings of bulldogs ............................................................................. An excerpt from the book: I have lost, withing these last few days, a little bull-dog. He had just completed the sixth month of his brief existence. He had no history. His intelligent eyes opened to look out upon the world, to love mankind, then closed again on the cruel secrets of death. The friend who presented me with him had given him, perhaps by antiphrasis, the somewhat unexpected name of Pelleas. Why re-christen him? For how can a poor dog, loving, devoted, faithful, disgrace the name of a man or an imaginary hero? Pelleas had a great, bulging, powerful forehead, like that of Socrates or Verlaine; and, under a little black nose, blunt as a churlish assent, a pair of large, hanging and symmetrical chops, which made his head a sort of massive, obstinate, pensive and three-cornered menace. He was beautiful after the manner of a beautiful natural monster that has complied strictly with the laws of its species. And what a smile of attentive obligingness, of incorruptible innocence, of affectionate submission, of bound- less gratitude and total self-abondonment lit up, at the least caress, that adorable mask of ugliness! Whence exactly did that smile emanate? From the ingenuous and melting eyes? From the ears pricked up to catch the words of man? From the forehead that un-wrinkled to appreciate and love, from the four tiny, white, projecting teeth that shone with gladness against the dark lips, or from the stump of a tail that, with its abrupt bend, the mark of his race, wriggled at the other end to testify to the intimate and impassioned joy that filled his small being, happy once more to encounter the hand or the glance of the god to whom he surrendered himself?

The author writes.. "I have lost, within these last few days, a little bull-dog. He had just completed the sixth month of his brief existence. He had no history. His intelligent eyes opened to look out upon the world, to love mankind, then closed again on the cruel secrets of death."In this wonderfully illustrated book, the author reminisces about the moments of friendship and love they shared, and how the dog above all other animals is a man's best friend.

A clever, heartfelt, and humorous story about a dog that liked to escape and explore and whose love transcended life itself. Taken from "Best Country Music Video Award at the World Music and Independent Film Festival in Washington DC 2015" AND "First Place in the Best Musical category in the short film portion of the Hollywood International Family Film Festival in November 2015!" song by Cedar Breaks, filled with strong harmonies and lively instrumentation, that will make you want to dance and sing along. Suggested age range for readers: 3-10