Waggit's Tale (18 page)
Authors: Peter Howe
According to the dictionary, acknowledgments are “an author's statement of indebtedness to others.” When the people who wrote the dictionary said
others
they probably meant the two-legged kind, and indeed there are many of them that I owe big-time. But leading the pack, if you'll excuse the pun, are my four-footed friendsâMolly, Bill, Roo, Bobby Blue, and Roccoâeach of whom, in their own ways, introduced me to the wonderful lives of dogs and showed me that living life on life's terms can be a lot of fun.
Of the many Uprights who made this book possible, gratitude should be showered on Susan Katz and Kate Jackson of HarperCollins, who took a risk on an author unknown in the world of children's books, and also on my brilliant editor, Antonia Markiet, aka Toni, who beat my ramblings into acceptable prose. I suspect there may have been times when she wanted to beat the author as much as his prose.
Thanks should also be given to two talented dog trainers, Phyllis Couvares and Susi Nastasi, both of whom gave me a deeper understanding of canine behavior, and to Rachel McPherson of the Good Dog Foundation for providing a valuable outlet for that knowledge.
But most of all I want to thank my alpha wife, whose steady support has sustained me through all my strange endeavors, and who is probably the only person on the planet more dog-crazy than I.
Lastly thanks should always be given to those wonderful people who spend their lives rescuing dogs from the various Great Unknowns and without whom several of my dogs would not have survived long enough to give me the pleasure that they have.
P
ETER
H
OWE
Litchfield, Connecticut, 2007
PETER HOWE
is the author of
WAGGIT'S TALE
, which was his first book for children. He was born in London, lived in New York for more than thirty years, and currently resides in Connecticut with his wife and two dogs. He is a former
New York Times Magazine
and
Life
magazine picture editor, and he is the author of two books on photography:
SHOOTING UNDER FIRE
and
PAPARAZZI
.
You can visit Peter and the pack at www.waggitstale.com.
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Cover art © 2008 by Tristan Elwell
Cover design by Amy Ryan
WAGGIT'S TALE
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