Without recognizing it until recently, dogs are a bigger part of my day than just the minutes of care and devoted walk time. Not quite like the article lead,

There’s a New Yorker cartoon by Bek that features a woman pointing an angry-looking finger at a dog. The caption reads: “Sit. Stay. Make up for everything that’s wrong in my life.”

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People like to read about spiritual rebirth. Dog memoirs constitute one of the primary narratives of the drama of spiritual life in the United States today.

The review of dog books doesn't cover my recent favorite,