please don't forget "chicken soup for the dog and cat lovers soul"....to accompany the pet lovers soul...they are both great books.....also,i picked up in k-mart of all places...how to be as good as your dog thinks you are!!...what a terrific book....anything written by james herriot...all creatures great and small,all things bright and beautiful,all things wise and wonderful...the lord god made them all...james herriots dog stories...james herriots cat stories...this is also a pbs television show if you catch it where you live........oh and the movie "fluke!!!" is a great dog movie...not that i spend much time on this subject!!! the deli dog