From Dog Den Mystery:
Round and round and round. The paws are faster than sound. Round and round, round and round, round and...
I was running my ninety-fifth lap of the boring backyard. There was nothing else to do, except sleep in my basket and chase sparrows.
When Jack and his human landlord, Sarge, move to a new house, mysteries abound. Who (and where) is the strange dog that Jack can smell in the yard? Where did the old boot go? And most importantly, WHO STOLE JACK'S SQUEAKER BONE?!
Jack's definitions:
Squeaker-bone. Item for exercising teeth. Not to be confused with a toy.
and Jack's Facts:
Small dogs must hackle when big dogs look over their fences.
If small dogs do not hackle, big dogs take advantage.
This is a fact.
abound.
Honestly, I'm at a loss here. I really enjoyed it, but that might mostly be because I have a Jack Russell. The authors are CLEARLY well-acquainted with the mystifying behavior of these Big-Dogs-in-Little-Dog-bodies. Will go over well with 7-9-year-old animal-book-loving kids.
It looks very Wishbone-esque. Only without the literary expertise?
Posted by: jess | 17 October 2006 at 01:17 PM
Thank you. I couldn't remember Wishbone's name.
I was curious if this was Wishbone related, or if it was another Jack Russel mystery solver.
Posted by: Chrissy | 17 October 2006 at 02:17 PM
I have got to pick this up for my nephew. He is 7 and has a Jack Russell named Rocco Giuseppi (all of our pets have to have middle names, it's a weird family thing that my cousin started when she was little. Rocco really needed a middle name because my sister-in-law spends so much time yelling at him that it only seemed right that he have two names to scream).
I'm hoping this will be a step above his precious Walter the Farting Dog books.
Posted by: jmfausti | 17 October 2006 at 02:41 PM
Exactly - I was going to say Wishbone too. And not just because of the dog, but because the Wishbone thing was mildly in the history-mystery genre as well. Hm.
Posted by: TadMack | 17 October 2006 at 03:03 PM
I'm mystified. Who or what is Wishbone? Obviously another dog character? I assure you my co-writer and I are not acquainted with him. We wrote Jack Russell's stories (there are 8 of them now) because we have JRs ourselves. They are experts in solving such mysteries as Where has Dad hidden the ball now? and are always wild to know Who is that daring to drive down tot he river on OUR road?
If you want to see our own dogs, go to Jack's home page and click the links.
http://sallyodgers.50megs.com/jackrussell.htm
Posted by: Sally Odgers | 18 October 2006 at 09:05 AM
I just ordered this as a gift for my daughter and her husband, but didn't list the title on my blog because it will be a surprise. They have a Jack Russell, an English Bulldog, and a Boston Terrier - quite a mad house. Thanks for enabling me to get a great surprise gift.
Posted by: jenclair | 18 October 2006 at 10:17 AM
Wishbone Mysteries
example: http://www.amazon.com/Key-Golden-Dog-Wishbone-Mysteries/dp/1570642842
I assume the books were based on the PBS children's show, not the other way around.
About the show:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishbone_(television_show)
Posted by: Chrissy | 18 October 2006 at 10:48 AM
Oh, and Wishbone was literature related, rather than mystery related, it seems - reinacting of famous books/stories. I'm not sure why I'm remembering them as mysteries. I know they did a Sherlock Holmes episode and maybe that one is just sticking out in my mind.
Posted by: Chrissy | 18 October 2006 at 10:55 AM
Havning a sleepy morning and I'm sorry for the repetitive posts. I can seems to get all my thoughts out at once. Above I am speaking that the TV show was not mystery related, but when they decided to do spin off books they went in that direction, which may be why so many of us are associating "Wishbone" with "mystery".
OK, I think I'm done.
Posted by: Chrissy | 18 October 2006 at 10:59 AM
Hi Sally -- it sounds like Wishbone never made it over to Australia! Sad -- you def. would ahve appreciated it.
Just so you know, my husband has taken to saying, "This is a Fact" after pretty much everything he says...
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