Ts1/The Puppy Diaries Jill Abramson

The Puppy Diaries

Condition: 2nd hand-ex library-in good condition Author(s): Jill Abramson Format: hardback Language: English Year: 2011 Publisher: John Murray Press Pages: 243

Description: What happens when a smart New York Times editor decides to fill her empty nest with a puppy?

This is the marvellously entertaining (and instructive) chronicle of an adorable golden retriever puppy named Scout and his first year. Part memoir, part manual, part investigative report, The Puppy Diaries recounts Jill Abramson's experiences of the first year of puppy parenting - think Nora Ephron meets Marley & Me.An instructive and marvelously entertaining chronicle of a puppy's first year, by the executive editor of The New York Times

One sparkling summer day, Jill Abramson brought home a nine-week-old golden retriever named Scout. Over the following year, as she and her husband raised their adorable new puppy, Abramson wrote a hugely popular column for The New York Times's website about the joys and challenges of training this rambunctious addition to their family. Dog-lovers from across the country inundated her with e-mails and letters, and the photos they sent in of their own dogs became the most visited photo album on the Times's site in 2009.

Now Abramson has gone far beyond the material in her column and written a detailed and deeply personal account of Scout's first year. Part memoir, part manual, part investigative report, The Puppy Diaries continues Abramson's intrepid reporting on all things canine. Along the way, she weighs in on such issues as breeders or shelters, adoption or rescue, raw diet or vegan, pack-leader gurus like Cesar Millan or positive-reinforcement advocates like Karen Pryor.

What should you expect when a new puppy enters your life? With utterly winning stories and a wealth of practical information, The Puppy Diaries provides an essential road map for navigating the first year of your dog's life. (le