Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog! :)

Marley & Me

Superb book! :) So hilarious and heart warming! :) I sound like the NewYork Times giving a book review, dont I? ;-)

But it is - a wonderful book!! A definite read for dog lovers! And if you didnt know this about me, I LOVE dogs! :)

John Grogan's account of his Labrador Retriever, Marley (named after the famous Bob Marley) is a wonderful tribute to dogs all over the world. Marley is so comical, that he seems like a character taken out of a Disney animation movie... And I can definitely relate to Grogan's experiences because I have gone through the same experiences at home with my dogs (well, Marley is like an extreme, yet...).

Marley is slightly mentally unstable, never listens to any command, and worst of all, is probably the only dog in the world to be kicked out of Obedience School :) The book recounts all the funny, and touching moments in Marley's life and it is absolutely wonderful!

This book is important to me because I found some answers I've always being looking for... I have always being reserved and ashamed to admitting to anyone else about how deeply I felt for my dogs... I love my dogs more than about 99% of the humans that I know... They come in my priority list right after my family... But to be honest, I've always felt weak about telling someone exactly how I felt... I feel honestly bad about caring for an animal more than for a human being... Yet, through this book, I saw that most dog lovers go through the same ordeal...

After reading the book, I feel less ashamed about it and less defensive... How many people in the world do you know who would love you so endlessly and so selflessly? Less than a hand full, most definitely! Everyday of your life, you hear people telling you - "why cant you be like this?, why cant you be like that?"... and I go through trying to answer this - "you've become fat, why dont you do some exercises?", the truth of the matter is, dogs dont care about that... If you love them, they will love you right back guaranteed... Whether you are black or white, tall or short, stupid or not, fat or thin, the way they come running to you when you get home is NEVER gonna change (and if they dont, its a sure sign that he/she is sick)... So I'm gonna pat myself on the back and say "It's ok" :)