Stories to Tell Your Dog
By Mark Swain
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An illustrated book suitable for dogs, and humans of all ages.
Mark Swain describes these eighteen stories as "brief excursions into the canine world." The stories are aimed at people engaging with their dogs. And yes, that does mean reading stories to your dog!
These 18 stories have been tried-out on dogs. Dogs of all breeds seem to appreciate them a great deal. It would be disingenuous to say there was any great mystery in this. The stories are peppered with what could be described as canine trigger-words. Words that most dogs respond to instinctively. Words like walk, biscuit and sausages are the more obvious examples, but painstaking research has determined many others. It must also be said that on a level of animal psychology dogs are social animals. They generally adore humans and therefore respond extremely well to being talked to. Most dog owners do not do it enough – possibly through fear of being thought mad by other humans. Rather like people who talk to plants, perhaps. Do not take our word for it. We urge you to try it for yourself and see how well your dog responds. It is also worth saying that children and adults seem to enjoy reading these stories as much as the dogs. They are suitable for all three.
We have also noticed how certain children who are reluctant readers, are more than happy to read to a dog.
Mark Swain
Mark Swain was born in Singapore in 1958, where his father was stationed in the RAF. He has lived in many countries, and as a young man found it hard to break the habit of a nomadic life.With a low boredom threshold, Mark has had dozens of jobs and several careers. This provides him with endless source material for short stories and is probably the prime reason for the sense of authenticity people see in his work.Studying Graphic Design at Hastings College of Art at 16, he ran off and joined the Army in search of adventure. Later he found himself travelling the world on the QE2 as a silver-service waiter and going to the Falklands war. Training as a TEFL teacher took him to Tokyo in 1984, where he met his wife Lorna. In 2008 Mark took a year out from a career in Risk Management to cycle 10,000miles from Ireland to Japan with his son. This life-changing decision resulted in them writing Long Road Hard Lessons, which became an Amazon bestseller.Mark and his wife Lorna have three grown-up children and live in Canterbury, Kent. There is not much in his life that he does without passion, although he will do anything to avoid having to dance or empty a kitchen bin. Asked about his ambitions, desires, or his sense of right and wrong, he says, “I trust in instinct. I simply grow towards the light.”Mark particularly enjoys the Short Story form, admiring American short story writers such as Raymond Carver, Richard Brautigan and Richard Ford as well as classic short story writers Franz Kafka and Anton Chekov. He is also a great admirer of George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Norman Maclean, Albert Camus and the contemporary travel writer Jonathan Raban.Two collections of Mark's own short stories - including the award winning story 'Special Treatment' - have been released by his UK publisher, Tinderbox Publishing Ltd along with the bestselling "Long Road, Hard Lessons" a non-fiction book with photographs and maps about a 10,000-mile life-changing cycle journey he made with his teenage son from Ireland to Japan.Mark is at home in England, but is constantly drawn back to Asia, Morocco, and to Dingle in Ireland.
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