book for dog lovers

What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner by Emily Yoffe

I just started reading this today while at the reference desk, and can't put it down. The book is a series of short stories of urban dog ownership, and all the humiliation, love, stress, joy, and annoyance that comes with it. Yoffe's description of dog owners who have to take their dog out at midnight in the rain as "standing like demented courtiers holding umbrellas over their dogs" waiting for their dogs to relieve themselves was what got me hooked. And that was seriously the first paragraph of the introduction. Well written, a light read, fast, and humorous, if you love dogs you will enjoy reading this. Bonus points to if you live in an apartment and have to take your dog outside five times a day.

I feel like Levar Burton on Reading Rainbow. But don't take my word for it.