* Before Winston
* What's that, then?
* What do you think he wants?
* He doesn't fit in with my lifestyle
* We really should be more deferential
* Winston makes his entrance
* The person should come to the dog
* A question of training - and ear care
* Work on the dog
* Breeds of owner
* We have to talk - about the dog
* To hell with the experts!
* We discover common enemies
* Does he go in the water too?
* The dog in world literature
* I will change
* That is his character
* The dog's name
* Alien, and yet one of us
* Have we really done everything right?
* Appendices for the discerning dog-lover
- Books for fans of dogs & literature
- Dog manuals that really are useful
- Famous people & their dogs
- Dogs who made history
- Dogs in films
- Dogs on TV
- Dogs in cartoons
- Quotes about dogs
- Five statements to reassure anxious passersby
- Which names suit which breed?
- Miscellaneous
- Author's note
- 'Excuse my dog' notes