What others are saying about
Someone to Look Up To
'By the end of the book I was a dog,' Norah, Yorkshire reader
‘Enchanting, moving, well-constructed, informative without being heavy. There should be a book like this for every breed.’ - Michel Hasbrouck, international dog trainer and author of bestselling Gentle Dog Training
‘I've never read anything like it. Very entertaining.’ - Dr Florence Guérin, Dental Surgeon, dog breeder and Crufts winner with her O Nut Glen Irish terriers
Someone To Look Up To
Jean Gill
© Jean Gill 2011
The 13th Sign
Ebook edition
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First published in 2010 by Callio Press
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Acknowledgements
With huge thanks
from Bételgeuse de la Plaine d’Astrée and Blanche-Neige de Néouvielle to Michel Hasbrouck, dog trainer extraordinaire, for all he taught their mistress.
to Blanche and Bétel’s breeders for opening up to me the world of shows, the French breed club R.A.C.P. and dog breeding in all its pleasure and pain. Without their breeders, we would not have these beautiful dogs.
to all my Forum friends, especially on Patou Parle, with whom I have shared stories and problems since 2006, including Alaska, Binti, Cimba, Clo, Linda, Magali, Montagnepyrenees, Morgan, Patoulou, Sancho, Soulmans and Stratos. A special mention for the excellent breed rescue support at www.rescuemontagnes.com My thanks to everyone who has shared a Patounien moment with me, online or at dog shows.
It is conventional to thank one’s partner but not usually for still being here despite most of the bad dog behaviour narrated in the novel. As he says, ‘Once you’ve had Pyreneans, other dogs seem to lack character.’
All the events in this novel are drawn from true stories but, apart from Michel Hasbrouck, all the characters, human and canine, are fictional. When it comes to dog problems, a lot us know very well, ‘There but for the Grace of God...’ I prefer, ‘There but for Michel Hasbrouck...’ Good dog training saves lives – dogs’ lives, mostly.
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR DOG
Read ‘Gentle Dog Training’ by Michel Hasbrouck and contact him via http://www.dogmasters.com
I've never read anything like it. Very entertaining. - Dr Florence Guérin, Dental Surgeon, dog breeder and Crufts winner with her O Nut Glen Irish terriers
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For Blanche-Neige de Néouvielle,
who has digested a few books in her time,
and for Bételgeuse de la Plaine d’Astrée,
who prefers household linen and
who thinks I’m God.
(Blanche still believes her day at the top will come)