An introduction to this book of
 dog tales ... 4
Why dogs chase cats 8
Dogs, rice and sex 14
How the dog made man fit to live 18
Sir Bedivere and the dragon 21
Odysseus and Argus 28
The dog of Montargis 31
The fox and the dog head 34
The bear and Davy Crockett©s dog 37
The Hounds of the Bayous 43
Black Shuck 47
The black dog and the Tollesbury
 midwife 52
The White Demon 56
Campfire tales 61
And God had a dog 66
The foredoomed Prince 69
The war steeds of the fairies 73
Laelaps and Zeus 78
Dogs and the Angel of Death 85
The Dog Father 90
Why we eat and drink 95
Why the Pug has a flat, black face
 and a curled tail 99
How the Dalmatian got his spots 104
Why the Basenji doesn©t bark 109
The fastest dog in the world 114
The dog philosophers 118
The Devil and the seeing-eye dog 123
Why the dog has a black nose 127
The language of dogs 131
The old dog©s new tricks 137
The wet-nosed badge of courage 143
The smartest animal 147
Why dogs sniff each other©s rear ends 151
Why the Chow Chow has a black
 tongue, and a fuzz,y, curly tail 155
The heroic dog on the Titanic 160
The morality of dogs 164
Are there dogs in heaven? 167
The dog who breached the gap 170
Index 175