Doggone Chicago, Second Edition : Sniffing Out the Best Places to Take Your Best Friend (Paperback)

by Steve Dale (Author), Janice Brown (Author) "In several ways Chicago rivals some of the dog-friendliest cities in the nation..." (more)
Key Phrases: dog exercise area, canine traffic, canine swimming, Park District, Illinois Route, Lincoln Park (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Here is an invaluable guide to the dog-friendly areas in Chicago, its suburbs, and its surrounding counties. From parks and beaches to stores, bars, restaurants, and cafes, it provides a list of places where dogs are welcome guests and rates them in terms of interest for both dogs and their human companions. DogGone Chicago thoroughly explains the leash laws and cleanup laws for all the areas it covers, plus it includes helpgul infromation on places to stay, neighborhood festivals, and other doggy-doings.

About the Author

Among other things, pet expert Steve Dale is the host of the radio program "Pet Central," and his award winning column "My Pet World" is syndicated throughout the country.

Janice Brown is publisher and editor of Chicagoland Tails, a magazine that celebrates the relationship between pets and their people.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (July 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809294818
• ISBN-13: 978-0809294817
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #915,640 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Better than no dog book, January 7, 2003

By A Customer

A travel book without maps strikes me as not much of a travel book at all. While there is a lot of info. in this book, it's not easy-to-use. I'd rather have some directions, maps and tips than stories about Luna and Chaser and what kind of spaghetti sauce they prefer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough substance, May 14, 2003

By A Customer

While this book provides a large number of listings about the local parks and other places, there are serious flaws. First of all, there are no maps (!), and directions are minimal or missing from most listings. Second, a lot of the descriptions contain more details about the author's dogs than about the places they visited, which is fun, but largely unhelpful. Finally, a lot of the information is out of date (although that's par for the course with any guidebook). As a resident of Chicago, I found it only slightly useful. I think a visitor to the city would have a hard time using it at all.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for all Chicagoland dog owners, August 20, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Woodridge, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doggone Chicago: Sniffing Our the Best Places to Take Your Best Friend (Paperback)

I don't believe there has ever been a book that will create so much fun for dogs and their owners. I give this book (in the author's terms) a rousing 4 bones!