Not only are these special creatures often our dearest and most loyal friends, dogs are also bred to work with animals including sheep, trained as guards and guides, carry out rescue and security missions, trained to hunt and retrieve birds and sniff out truffles. In his book Dogs, Tom Jackson includes snippets of information on wild dogs such as the bat-eared fox and the bush dog; hunting dogs including Ibizan hound, English foxhound and Italian pinone; working dogs such as Pyrenean sheepdog and Turkmen wolfhound and companion dogs such as the Cesky terrier and Clumber spaniel. Not only that but he includes a delightful chapter on puppies with brief information on breeding, training, feeding, exercise and communication. He discusses behaviour and the importance of fun. As a passionate dog person I adore this gorgeous, gorgeous book with oodles of information on familiar dog breeds and also those I knew nothing about...but do now! The phenomenal photographs beautifully capture facial expressions and emotions, various activities and just looking cute. Dog lovers will especially be smitten with this book but it would also appeal those who know little about these most loyal of animals and wish to learn more. No one could possibly resist! My sincere thank you to Amber Books Ltd. and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this lovely book. The photographs caused my heart to melt into a big old puddle!

This was a great book packed full of wonderful pictures. The book starts by looking at the origins of the dog from wild to domesticated dogs. Then looks at the behaviour etc of our favourite breeds of dogs. It contains so fascinating facts that I didn't know. And loved that i was learning mew facts. This fantastic photograph based book is great for all the family to read together and enjoy the facts of dogs. I just loved the section looking at puppies I definitely looking and read that section more than once as the pictures were just so cute. The books layout was great and it flowed so well. Everything was explained well making it very easy to read and understand fir all ages. Each section looks at a different characteristic such as behaviour etc. Each section starts with a basic description then moves on to show this facts with pictures. Each picture contains a description with a fascinating fact. If you love looking at great dog pictures then this book is definitely for you. Many thanks to the author and publishers for producing a great book packed full of beautiful pictures that would look great on anyone's bookcase or coffee table. You will love looking at this book time and time again.