The Diary of a Human and a Dog (or Three!)
Writing The Diary of a Human and a Dog (or three!) has helped me in dealing with my own grief after losing my mum. While writing it has helped me to align the thought processes that have taken place over the last three years, mixed up in the mayhem I felt was going on around me, there has been Mum’s sweet (but mostly tyrannical) little dog, Lucy.
Grief is a strange thing; it takes its own path and wraps you up in some strange cocoon of mixed emotions, and writing these feelings down has proved to be quite cathartic.
I’m in a much better place now, and Lucy has become a great companion to us and our other two dogs, Ralph and Peggy. I hope that on some level what I have shared in the book will help others who have found themselves in a similar situation.
This is not a deliberate sequel to A Dog Like Ralph, but it moves the story of the three dogs onward so we now see them well into their middle age. As in A Dog Like Ralph, they have their own opinions about each turn of events – and they never quite expected to ever be living in the same house!
Published by Clare Cogbill
I am an author and a lecturer in veterinary nursing and companion animal welfare.
I've now written six books and a vegan cookery book: A Dog Like Ralph, Lilac Haze', 'A Soldier Like Jack', and 'The Diary of a Human and a Dog (or three!)'
The vegan cookbook is imaginatively entitled 'Vegan Cookbook'! I love animals and despise any form of animal cruelty. I've been vegan since 2002 — my only regret about this is that I didn't become vegan sooner. I dream of a world in which there is no human or animal suffering, one in which governments across the world take seriously (and act upon) the threats posed to our fragile environment and its people and animals.
I live with three dogs and love spending time with them and my husband and son. Like most writers, I love to read, and particularly like to read books about animals. On here you’ll find some reviews of books that I’ve read and loved in which animals are the main focus.
My first non-animal novel Picture Me Now (although some animals do creep into its pages), presented a new challenge for me in that I had to delve into the depths of my imagination much more that I had to with previous books. I loved getting lost in another world!
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