PETPURRI: BEST OF WEEKLY TOP TEN

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TOP TEN REASONS DOGS ARE BETTER THAN PEOPLE

1) They're dogs

2) Dog spelled backwards is God, people spelled backwards is

elpoep

3) You always cry when dogs die in the movies, not so with

people

4) Dogs look cool with their heads sticking out car windows, not

so with people

5) They allow you to humiliate them because they love you (can

you say halloween costume)

6) Your dog would never dream of abandoning you at a shelter

or tying you to a tree

7) They are never too tired to cuddle and spoon

8) They look good with or without clothes – even when they're

old

9) They don't have a hidden agenda, what you see is what

you get

10) People suck

(week of 10/3/11)

TOP TEN REASONS PIT BULLS LOOK COOL IN SWEATERS AND TURTLENECKS

1) They just look cool, period

2) Pit Bulls come in a lot of cool colors, and so do dog sweaters

3) They don't drool and slobber (hello, Pug) and won't get the

neck wet

4) They usually aren't wearing little harnesses that get in the way

5) If the sweater is a little bulky, no problem, so is the dog

6) Some pits have big necks and can really rock a coordinating

scarf

7) Don't have to worry about the sweater clashing with the dog's

frilly dress

8) Sweaters are stretchy and can conform to their muscular

conformations

9) Unlike a lot of dogs (hello again, Pug), pits actually have necks

10) They won't be carried around in a matching purse.

Rachel Ray's dog Isaboo

(week of 9/26/11)

TOP TEN MOVIES ABOUT HORSES

1) The Black Stallion

2) Black Beauty

3) Hidalgo

4) National Velvet

5) Into the West

6) Phar Lap

7) The Horse Whisperer

8) The Black Stallion Returns

9) White Mane

10) Ladyhawke (technically not about a horse, but a must-see all the same)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBmw63fcxzM

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Running Free
My Friend FlickaThe Horse WhispererSecretariatDreamer – Inspired by a True StorySeabiscuit
The Colt
Miracle of the White Stallions
All the Pretty Horses
Shergar

(week of 9/19/11)

TOP TEN - CAT LITERATURE

1) The Shy Little Kitten Story By Cathleen Schurr

2) The Fire Cat by Esther Averill

3) Gobbolino the Witch's Cat by Ursula Moray Williams

4) Fog Cat by Marilyn Helmer and Paul Mombourquette

5) Milton's Christmas By Hayde Ardalan

6) Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot

7) The Cats of Ulthar H. P. Lovecraft

8) The Tale of Tom Kitten, By Beatrix Potter

9) My Cat Spit McGee By Willie Morris

10) The Cat Pack By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Time Cat By Lloyd Alexander
The Midnight Folk John MasefieldThe Cat in the Hat, By Dr. SeussThe Incredible Journey, By Sheila Bumford
Captains of the City Streets by Esther Averill.The Owl and the Pussycat By Edward LearI Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki
Grimbold's Other World by Nicholas Stuart Gray
The Alchymist's Cat by Robin Jarvis
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr By E.T.A. Hoffmann

(week of 9/12/11)

TOP TEN BOOKS - DOGGIE LITERATURE

1) The Call of the Wild By Jack London

2) Travels with Charley: In Search of America By John Steinbeck
3) The Dog By Kerstin Ekman

4)     White Fang, By Jack London
5)     Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
6)     The Dog Who Wouldn't Be By Farley Mowat
7)     My Dog Skip by Willie Morris
8)     Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9)     Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

10) Life with Beau: A Tale of a Dog and His Family, Anna Quindlen