The Good Life Begins with a Scottie

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The Good Life Begins with a Scottie: The Scottish Terrier Lover's Guide to Deeper Companionship

Edited by

Joseph Harvill, Ph.D.

Publisher of

Great Scots Magazine

ISBN 0-9703701-0-5. $18.00 plus shipping. (Sorry, it's out of print and now a collectible).

Published by Tartan Scottie Press, October 2000.

192 pages. Softcover. Includes Index and Appendix containing annotated, select breed bibliography of the editor's choice of the best of the antiquarian and modern books on the Scottish Terrier.

Divided into three parts: Part One-- Understanding the Scottie Good Life; Part Two-- Nurturing the Scottie Good Life; Part Three-- Celebrating the Scottie Good Life by (a) Recounting the Sunshine, and (b) Redeeming the Shadows.

Part One insists it is the informed Scottie lover who is best able to achieve the good life with these great-souled companions and that to be informed requires understanding of both the breed and of oneself. Part Two is based on the premise that the good life with Scotties is not self-sustaining, that it requires careful nurturing and attention to detail. Scottish Terriers are not for those seeking canine yard furniture, but they thrive when bonded to persons willing to take on the responsibilities of relational commitment. Part Three is unique in single breed literature in its grassroots voices celebrating Scottie companionship. Here are unforgettable stories recounting the sunshine of heart-days of joy, and also stories redeeming the shadows of heart-days of grief over the death of Scottie companions. Whether in sunshine or in shadow, this celebration by Scottie lovers is palpable testimony to the magic of unforgettable dogs.

The Good Life Begins with a Scottie is the book companion owners have waited for-- one which raises the standards of pet ownership by deepening the dynamics of the good life with our dogs. A veritable bible on Scottie companionship, here is a definitive text written by Scottie lovers for Scottie lovers which treats honestly and compellingly both the sunshine and the shadows which are the package deal of authentic love of Scotties.

What Reviewers Say:

"Two things every Scottie lover should have: a Scottie and this book. This is a wonderfully wise and learned examination of both the Scottie-- and canine-- experience. Many dog books have been written, but few attain this degree of insight. This book is more than a Scottie owner's guide. It is a dog lover's guide, and a recommended book even for those who do not or cannot own a dog. Any reader will not only learn much about this breed, but much about him or her self."

Bern Marcowitz, Dog Lovers Bookshop, NYC

"This new Scottie book's subtitle is your clue that The Good Life Begins with a Scottie is a different kind of dog book. 'Guide' it may be, but not in the conventional sense of how to breed a better Scottie. 'History' it may be, too, but not a chronology of famous Scotties ... [This is] a magical look into the character of the Scottish Terrier from Dr. Harvill and other owners who have leashed the spirit of the Scottish Terrier in words ... [Here is] a ballad of our breed, not a text, though it is indeed full of much helpful information. As a ballad, its stories of real Scotties sing out the spirit of the Scottish Terrier, that large-souled, free thinking dog that we can't live without."

Carole Fry Owen, The Centurion

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