It isn't until late in the book that anybody actually tells him that he was largely wrong in the way in which he and his wife raised Perth. It isn't a warm hearted book about the love between a man and his beagle - it mainly shows the self centred nature of this man (and his wife in fact - not once did they consider one of them staying behind to be with Perth when the issue of travel arose) The fact he's willing to write about this means he doesn't see any fault in his behaviour whatsoever. You may find yourself frustrated by his treatment of a dog he supposedly loved - I'm not sure if I recommend this book or not. We were so surprised that Perth was so quick to bite people and was also so possessive over food - I don't know of any beagles like that at all.Īll in all, I'd say I loved Perth, but hated the selfishness of the author. Perth had a lot of the characteristics of all beagles we know - but her upbringing as a 'free roaming' beagle made her lose that most wonderful aspect of the beagle nature, their friendliness and harmlessness. We quite often found ourselves yelling at this man, and saying that he really didn't deserve Perth. And the number of times he put his own career and 'happiness' above that of the dog that he supposedly adored was appalling! If you love your dog, especially a beagle, as much as Peter Martin said he did, you don't go off and leave them for months at a time - and the fact that he left her for such a long time in her senior years horrified us. He didn't do her any favours in bringing her up as such a 'wild and free' dog - it meant she just wasn't very social with humans. This book was about a wonderful beagle, and a man who didn't deserve to own such an amazing dog. Both my husband and I are huge beagle lovers, and are 'owned by' a gorgeous 6 yr old sweet and gentle beagle.
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