Another great book by Mort Crim. He has a way of seeing the good in things. It's refreshing to read some good news for a change. Mort has seen his share of bad news as a former TV anchorman, but is still able to add fresh insite into people helping people in this world. This book will definately make you think and leave you with a warm feeling in a cold world. Very recommended.

THIS WONDERFUL WORK OF ART BY MORT CRIM IS A GODSEND! I HAVE NEVER LISTEND TO SUCH COMFORTING, AND INSPIRING WORDS OF WISDOM, I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HEARING THE TAPES. MORT IS LIKE A GOOD FRIEND WHEN YOU NEED IT. I HAD TO BUY A SECOND COPY TO HAVE FOR FRIENDS.HEARING MORT'S ESSAY'S IS LIKE THE PERFECT PRESCIPTION ANY DOCTOR CAN ORDER!

This did not qualify as a book but rather is a form of dribble that we often hear from Mort.

Save your money and donate it to a dog shelter.

This book is as terrific as the title. When I first picked up a copy, I thought, "Okay, clever title but is there any substance?" There was. This is a touching but profound look at life with many personal anecdotes. And it's not just a book for pet lovers. It's for anyone interested in a richer, deeper more rewarding existence. I heartily recommend it for anyone, young or old, with or without a love of dogs. Oh, by the way, cat lovers will also find a chapter just for them.

Storytellers have long known that the best way to spin a good yarn is to have a hook. In the middle ages, troubadours used songs to entice illiterate peasants around a campfire to teach them life's lessons.

In today's competitive popular culture, Mort Crim has found a novel way to teach us some of the most important lessons about life. He uses man's best friend, the family dog, as his literary foil.

Mort Crim follows in the tradition of satirists like George Orwell and Jonathan Swift,

_Animal Farm_ taught lessons about totalitarianism using barnyard animals. _Gulliver's Travels_ projected human frailities on a race of giants and on the tiny Lilliputians.

Crim portrays his two pet dogs as four-legged furry humanoids without the baggage of human egos. Because dogs can't talk, they can't do such nasty things as lie, brag or complain --- the perfect life mate for man.

The author points out that dogs display some of man's best traits like loyalty, playfulness, forgiveness, without our dark side. But who really holds the leash in the human-canine partnership?

As one wit once remarked: "If aliens watched us from above and saw humans feeding, bathing and walking their dogs with pooper-scoopers in hand, the aliens could easily be forgiven for thinking that dogs ruled the planet and humans were their pets."

It's said that man is made in the image and likeness of God. But Mort Crim's use of dogs as human substitutes works so well because, in reality, dogs are made in the image and likeness of man.

That is, we humans project onto dogs the positive traits that we value in people. The truth is that their human masters are the equivalent of deities to dogs.

Mort Crim cleverly uses the basic goodness that we choose to see in our pet dogs to illustrate lessons about racism, forgiveness, and adaptability in life.

For example, Crim points out that dogs do not judge other dogs by their color or size. He notes that would be about as useful as librarians classifying books by their color. Dogs, unlike humans, don't worry whether their dog-dishes are half-empty or half-full. They just chow down. Nor do dogs often bite the hand that feeds them.

This book is chock full of highly entertaining anecdotes and touching stories. Some are tales of dogs and humans. Others are biographical sketches plucked from the lives of famous people that illustrate inventive lessons about love and life.

If you read Mort Crim's earlier book, _Second Thoughts_, you know it's packed with bite-sized literary appetizers. But this new book can be digested as a full-course meal with all the side dishes, plus dessert. It's his best effort yet.