If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You: True Portraits of Dogs

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Summary: INCREDIBLE in every way!
Review: If you love dogs - or even if you just LIKE dogs - buy this book. The photos are AMAZING and the captions on each page (describing what the dog might be thinking or feeling) are so on the money. My only complaint is that there were no photos of Pugs. (I own one! ) This is truly a beautiful book that can be flipped-through over and over and over and over.....

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This is a book that touches your heart. I've already ordered two as presents and am back again to order four more (one for me to keep). An excellent gift and a must for my library.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK AROUND!
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. It is cute and funny. Anybody that needs a good laugh should definitly read this. Anybody should read this! I couldn't live without it. Even your dog would like it!

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Summary: Can't bear to give it away
Review: I bought this book as a gift for my dog-lover brother, but once I read it I didn't want to give it up. Every single person who sees it on my desk flips through it, then borrows it, then doesn't want to give it back! We're all comparing the endearing characters in the book to our own pets. I open it whenever I need a good laugh. A beautifully produced book as well.

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Summary: Cute book
Review: I bought this book on a whim, and I'm so glad I did. It is so charming, and the photography is stunning. One of the dogs looks just like mine, and I love the one: I had such dreams... A great book for dog lovers.

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Summary: Incredible photograpy, wonderful book!
Review: The photos along with the witty text make for a most enjoyable and entertaining book. Another must-read is "Unforgettable Mutts" by Karen Derrico. It's the most wonderful collection of incredible (but true) dogs stories and photos I've ever seen!

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Summary: Non-Dog (i.e. CAT!) Person Buys Four Copies To Give Away!!!
Review: I don't have a dog. I've never had a dog. I don't want a dog. Dogs don't like me (could be the lingering cat smell about my ankles), and I'm not sure about them. After having 'read' this book, though, I feel I'm a little closer to understanding them, and closer to seeing them not as one-dimensional, tennis-ball chasing, butt-sniffing, panting, tongue-lolling creatures, but rather as richly complex creatures. From "the move came at a bad time for me" where the lab mourns his lost treasure, to "I'm a simple dog, really" with the dog with the big grin, to the gut-wrenching chained-up dog - "I don't understand", to the excitement of a "good stick" - all of these photos and captions provided me with the possibility that there is much more there (in dogs) than meets the eye. Call it anthropomorphising if you want, but I will henceforth look at dogs in a slightly different light (albeit still from a safe distance).

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Summary: Robert & Sparky Love this book!
Review: This book is just wonderful. I got my copy yesterday and really love it. I have a mostly rat terrier about 3 years old that I adopted from the SPCA. His name is Sparky and he looks a lot like the dog on the cover. He has such personality and character. He is my best friend. I think what I like best about this book is like the title says these are true portraits.The photos are really beautiful and so is the text. The only one that really bothers me is the one with the dog chained and wet thinking "I don't understand" To me that speaks volumes to people who mistreat animalsl. I have been wanting to adopt another dog and this makes me want to even more.

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Summary: A definite keeper!
Review: I bought this book sight unseen on the strength of the reviews I saw on this website. Am I glad I did! Valerie Shaff and Roy Blount make a wonderful team, backed by a marvelous supporting 4-legged cast. I brought the book to work and carried it around, forcing everyone to look at it. As a result, several of my friends will be buying their own copies.

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Summary: i'd buy it for the cover alone
Review: i'm in constant search for new pictorial dog books. i've quite a collection and i can't wait to add this one to my library. the cover photograph alone will be framed and up on my office wall.