Dogs with Old Man Faces: Portraits of Crotchety Canines by Tom Cohen
My rating: 3/5 cats
you’d think this would be a slam dunk, right?? it’s another book filled with pictures of dogs and witty sayings—what’s not to like? and it is even more notable because these aren’t pictures of young whippersnapper puppies where everyone automatically goes “awwwww.” these are older, more dignified dogs with soulful eyes who have been around the block some, who peed on giant trees back when they were just saplings, and who have loved their owners for a long long time. and while i adore every picture in this book, and must admit that they do indeed look like grumpy old men, the corresponding text is not the funniest i have read. so, it loses points there. but it gains points for not being one of those blogs-turned-books. trust me, these old dogs know nothing of the new tricks of “blogs,” and these 70 pictures are being seen for the very first time between these pages. it’s definitely worth a look, because old dogs need your love, too.
who can resist these faces?
Grunt is not ashamed of his liver spots.
Jack enjoys a hot cup of Sanka.
Archie is almost always drunk.
Taco lost an eye in Korea.
Scamp bears a strong resemblance to Grandpa Munster.
Saul remembers a better time.
Emmett has a gun rack on his pickup truck.
Meatball is a wrinkled old racist.
Prince has that “old person smell.”
Geppetto is horrified at how much things cost.
Bandit “medicates” his glaucoma, if you know what I mean.
Chewy is still upset they cancelled Matlock.
Mr. Bean is an old letch.
Homer was once Mao’s tailor.
Whiskey doesn’t always drink beer, but when he does, he prefers Dos Equis.
Wiggles has one glass eye.
Rocky is just a crazy old bastard.
Boomer hates his prostate exam.
Sumo wants those kids off his lawn.
Marshmallow laughs at his own racist jokes.
Irving believes in aging gracefully.
Bogie thinks pit bulls are ruining the neighborhood.
so, skip the articles, maybe, but do not miss out on these grizzled old mugs.
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