When it comes to dogs, reciprocity rules: \u201cWe train them\u2014and they train us. We care for them\u2014and they care for us.\u201d Puppy positivity is a big reason for our love of dogs: \u201cPuppies live in the moment and make each day count!\u201d The book recognizes the attributes that make canines beloved companions\u2014fidelity, playfulness\u2014as well as the life-changing service of working dogs (including helping those who are visually impaired and wheelchair users). Unconditional love is one of the gifts a dog can offer, along with modeling curiosity and persistence and providing comfort. A wonderful wordless spread depicts puppy communication and interaction. In one vignette, a dog sticks its head out of the window of a moving car (\u201cHe celebrates the simple things\u201d)\u2014a potentially dangerous activity. That lapse aside, readers will revel in the pooches portrayed in all their goofy glory and loving loyalty, in detailed, accurately colored, careful illustrations that show a vast variety of breeds. We could do worse than to emulate some of the dog-embodied qualities described here. Human characters are diverse.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When it comes to dogs, reciprocity rules: \u201cWe train them\u2014and they train us. We care for them\u2014and they care for us.\u201d Puppy positivity is a big reason for our love of dogs: \u201cPuppies live in the moment and make each day count!\u201d The book recognizes the attributes that make canines beloved companions\u2014fidelity, playfulness\u2014as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}