I am retired now and since writing is one of my non-fatal
inborn diseases, I got down to work. Obviously you are not interested in French
or Greek books, but I have a few English ones you might find interesting. Allow
me to present them to you, starting with the latest first. Click on the following link to go to the author's website: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/guillaume_de_lavigne
A GUIDE FOR PET-OWNERS IN GREECE
RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS
Is available as an ebook (left: 4€) and as an A5 format book (right: 10€).RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS
This guide is intended for all pet-owners living or planning to live in Greece, as well as for all the tourists wishing to adopt a pet during their holidays.
A majority
of foreigners living in Greece have rescued and/or adopted a dog, a cat or both.
Residents and foreigners planning to come to live in Greece with their pet(s)
want to learn more about the Greek mentality towards pets and how to obey the
Greek laws. Even more urgent questions cross the mind of those tourists wanting
to adopt a pet and take it with them to their homeland. They are all pet-lovers
and have their heart set on doing everything that’s necessary to provide their
pet(s) with the compulsory papers, veterinary care, disease-prevention methods,
shelter and to comply with the Greek law.
There are
too much false or incomplete information, too many unreliable advises scattered
around on internet-forums or conveyed among people. That’s why the goal of this
book is to discuss each of these topics and much more in-depth. It gives each
one of you, concerned with his pet’s welfare, dog or cat, an answer to his
queries.
This 200 pages book is divided into two parts, one for dogs,
one for cats and covers all aspects of pet-ownership and -care: health and
veterinary care, diseases, vaccinations, pet passport, microchipping,
travelling in Greece and abroad with whatever means, pet adoption, pet
companionship and much more. It’s also available as an e-book.
THE DRAFT DOG – PAST AND PRESENT
The draft
dog is a fascinating subject. In the old days it was a working dog, a beast of
burden. Today it is our leisure and sport companion. In the 21st century
practicing dog drafting is fun and a rewarding sport activity, both for the
master and for the dog(s). This book deals only with the draft dogs and their
activities, commonly called dry land mushing or dog carting and not with sledge
dogs. In the first part of the book we’ll approach the history of the draft
dog. Then we will look at the main protagonist of the subject, the dog, at the
hardware, at all sports and recreational activities and we’ll tackle some of
the specific educational aspects to train the dog as a draft dog. “Use it or
lose it” is a golden rule that applies to our brain, to our fitness, to our
dog. Keep it active and it will live happier and longer and you, you'll have an
unsuspected and unrivalled pleasure! I wish you a pleasant and instructive
reading! Be it for you a sting to be ... hitched up. It’s available as a book in A5 format (9€) and as an e-book
(right: 4€).
FREE-RANGING DOGS – STRAY, FERAL OR WILD?
Free-ranging
dogs are a worldwide phenomenon. They are pitied or despised; they make part of
the daily scene in some countries, considered as a plague in others. After
having favoured pure-bred dogs for over 50 years, my wife and I rescued and
kept a few, discovering with great surprise their qualities: gentleness,
obedience, fondness, intelligence and much more. Prompted by the countless
loose dogs on the streets of our neighbourhood, I started to search for answers
to the questions: “Stray, feral, hybrid or wild? Lost or abandoned? What are
those free-ranging dogs wandering about in cities and villages? What’s the
difference between the European, African and Asian free-ranging dogs? Do they
have something in common? …”
That’s how I
ended up with a multitude of interesting topics, describing the various types
of free-ranging and wild dogs, which naturally led me to consider animal ethics
and welfare as well. Welcome in the strange world of wandering dogs!
It’s available as an e-book with lots of coloured pictures
(4€).
BUYING
They are
available on all Amazon websites, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, etc. where you can
read the table of contents and some pages.
If you are
interested in acquiring a copy, you have the following options:
- visit my
author’s webpage http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/guillaume_de_lavigne and order it
directly on the publisher's webpage;
- on Amazon
typing name or title;
E-books
can be downloaded on e-book tablets. To read one on a computer, download for
free Adobe Digital Editions 2.0 first to read it in ePub format.
