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Dory, canine queen of Mannersmith, showing table manners

Over the years in my journalism life, I?ve collected a handful of go-to experts on a variety of topics. Jodi R. R. Smith from Mannersmith is one such guru for all my etiquette soundbite needs. Her newest book includes several pieces of pet (mostly dog) etiquette advice.

The Etiquette Book ? A Complete Guide to Modern Manners ? Pet Topics

A beautifully bound, designed, and produced reference resource, The Etiquette Book ? A Complete Guide to Modern Manners covers these pet-related topics, in addition to 406 pages of great advice for nearly every situation you may face in modern life:

• Alerting visiting guests in advance to the presence of your pets so that you can pre-plan what to do with pets if the guest is fearful or allergic
• Tactfully letting pet-loving guests know if their furry friend is welcome or not in your home
• Using last-minute survival tactics if a guest shows up with an unexpected pet in tow
• Setting rules for guests whose pets are welcome in your home
• Handling awkward pet situations (humping, for example)
• Bringing along token gifts for your host?s pampered pets
• Keeping other pedestrians? in mind while walking your dog
• Being polite to others in the elevator when you have your pet along

Smith cautions at one point that all of her pet etiquette advice ?presume the pet has mastered its manners.? Otherwise, she says, ?Unruly animals should always be left home.?

The High-Maintenance Pet

As much as we adore our canine heroine, Lilly probably falls into the category of a high-maintenance pet since her fears make her more prone to less-than-ideal behavior when faced with scary situations with children or other pets.

In these cases, Smith advises: ?Animals that are high-strung, nervous, aggressive, accident prone, or high needs, should remain at home or in the care of a skilled sitter.?

Your Best / Worst Pet Etiquette Stories

I tried to think of a pet guest story to share, and the only one I can recall this minute is the time our friends Jess and Linda brought along their darling new sheltie puppy Onchu (whose untimely passing we noted previously).

At the time, Ginko was only a year or so old. Boisterous, big, silly ? he ran straight up to little Onchu ? who promptly piddled all over the floor. Ginko literally scare the pee right out of him.

Since we have tile floors on the main level of the house, it wasn?t a big deal.

Do you have a pet etiquette story to tell? We?d love to hear the funny (and the not so funny).

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FTC Disclosure:

I requested and received a free copy of the book to review. I was not compensated in any way for this review.

Source: http://championofmyheart.com/2011/06/09/book-review-the-etiquette-book-a-complete-guide-to-modern-manners/

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Continuing in with my pattern for the month, this is once again another book about childhood friends falling in love as adults. These two, however, aren?t quite like the other. The other couples had been close friends as children and these weren?t. They went to school together and lived close, but did not grow into adulthood being best friends. So, without any further ado, here we go.

Anne Wells is twenty-eight, unmarried and on the run!?Heavy rain beating down on her, she finds a barn?to hide in and?wait out the storm. Only she falls asleep. And Cord Bennett is the one who?s there to greet her when she wakes up.

Cord, half-Indian, half-white, has never been an overly welcome member of the community and the last thing he needs is to be found with an unmarried young lady on his property.

And that?s exactly what happens.

Following a quick breakfast in which Anne divulges only minimal details about her predicament and tries to talk Cord into helping her to the nearest town with a train station, Anne?s father shows up with an army of ten?men. The next scene is not for the faint of heart as Anne?s father and all the other men scheme to make Anne a bride and widow all in the same day, thus freeing her from a marriage to Cord and clearing her name from any possible scandal.

Following a very brutal, and well described beating, Cord is left for dead and Anne is left to both ?think about her behavior? and deal with a nearly dead Cord.? Miraculously, through a combination of Cord?s inner strength and Anne?s determination, Cord does the unthinkable and survives: leaving them to decide their own fate. With the choice to stick it out together, knowing they?ll both be shunned, or going their separate ways, Cord hides what he wants (which clearly is for her to stay) and?steps back to let Anne make the choice for them since she?ll be the one whose life will be most affected.

Anne, growing more sensible by the day, decides staying with Cord is the best decision for her. She has nowhere else to go nor any skills to help her find employment. Besides, she?s starting to like him.

Decision made, the two?being?building?a life together and slowly feelings grow between the two as?forces out of their control conspire to keep them apart.

This book had me hooked. Absolutely hooked. Is there a lot of lusty passion that leaves you reaching for a glass of water? No. Instead there is a genuine attraction that spans the pages and builds at a believable pace while the two get to know each other as adults, discovering who the other is as well as who they themselves really are.

One really interesting aspect of this story was how the hero, though not insecure in any other aspect of his life, often wondered just when he?d wake up from this dream and find Annie as he?d taken to calling her gone. Thinking of it from his perspective as a man who?d spent most of his life?shunned and?feared?it was understandable why he?d feel this way. At the same time, it was a nice change to read about a hero who didn?t use his strength and size?to intimidate, charm to seduce or mind game to manipulate the heroine into staying with and loving him. It was also nice to read about a heroine who was strong enough to handle matters herself, yet still be able to lean on her husband for support when she needed.

Overall, I definitely enjoyed this book. As I said, it captured my attention at the beginning and held it through to the end. These two certainly had enough drama going on to keep a reader highly entertained!

This book can be found at Amazon or to check out the other titles by?Ellen O?Connell here.

Source: http://rosesromanceramblings.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/book-review-eyes-of-silver-eyes-of-gold/

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