Throw Me a Bone: 50 Healthy, Canine Taste-Tested Recipes for Snacks, Meals, and Treats (Hardcover)

by Sally Sampson (Author), Cooper Gillespie (Author), Cami Johnson (Photographer) (Author), Stacy Alldredge (Introduction) "To be honest, I never wanted to be a writer..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Review
Susan Orlean Author of The Orchid Thief Raconteur, bon vivant, connoisseur, philosopher, and wag, Cooper Gillespie is the canine James Beard. His musings, coupled with Sampson's toothsome recipes, make me wish I were a teacup poodle or an Italian mastiff rather than just Gillespie's typist and muse. -- Review

Review
Susan Orlean

Author of The Orchid Thief

Raconteur, bon vivant, connoisseur, philosopher, and wag, Cooper Gillespie is the canine James Beard. His musings, coupled with Sampson's toothsome recipes, make me wish I were a teacup poodle or an Italian mastiff rather than just Gillespie's typist and muse.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743255917
• ISBN-13: 978-0743255912
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #578,189 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Pictures, but skip the recipes, December 27, 2003

By A Customer

Though I throughly enjoyed the photographs in the book and the writing style, and highly advise people to take control of their canine's (and feline's, for that matter) diet, I wasn't particularly enthused by the recipes in this book.
Often excessively high in fat, and regardless of the nutritionist involved in the recipes, these foods will improve your dogs mood, but not his overall health. The best diet for a dog is obtained through a balanced diet of phosphorus to calcium (protein to bone) comparable to what dogs would have eaten in the wild. Although certainly heads and tails above kibble (as is almost anything), I felt that this book didn't give enough information or research into the nutrition requirements of dogs.

To get the best information, and certianly if you're going to go to the trouble of preparing foods for your dog, then I suggest any of a plethora of books on the subject. "Give your dog a Bone" by Ian Billinghurst, or any of Billinghurst's books, Natural Nutrition for Cats and Dogs by Kymythy R. Schultze, or Raw Meaty Bones Promote Health by Tom Lonsdale. Any of these books will help you plan an effective road to health for your dog without catering to the coffeetable book set. (Although I still LOVED the pictures in this book)

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes, December 11, 2003

By	tzefirah "tzefirah" (Media, PA United States) - See all my reviews

I'm giving this dog cookbook the full 5 stars, even though I'm getting rather sick of books "written" by people's pets. The photographs are worth the price alone, but the recipes are fabulous and healthful. There's also a Table of Equivalents included in the back. There are also marvelous quotations sprinkled throughout of famous people's feelings about dogs.

I'm giving this book as a gift, too.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book, March 7, 2004

By	"copleycat" (Portsmouth, NH USA) - See all my reviews

Cooper Gillespie, an adorable Springer Spaniel, is quite the food connoisseur. With a help from his owner, Sally Sampson, he's put together 50 recipes for dogs, his favorite dog related quotes, and photographs. The book was beautiful and well written, but its recipes are high in fat and are not nutritious to a dog. For a treat served scarcely, these recipes are divine to a dog's taste buds.