Living with three strong-willed, highly individual Dachshunds can be
equal parts entertaining, frustrating and rewarding. Just ask Matt
Ziselman.
Armed with a fresh, creative voice that is unabashedly cranky one moment
and profoundly poignant the next, Ziselman mixes hilarious canine
stories, with heartfelt reminiscences from his own life, the results of
which is a memoir of illuminating life lessons, courtesy of the three
thoroughly Teutonic Dachshunds that he shares his life (and couch) with:
Baxter, Maya and Molly. Seemingly mundane moments, like Baxter's
incessant, neuroses inducing staring, Maya's inexplicable refusal to
walk through the front door and Molly's obsessive compulsive love for a
torn and tattered blanket become, through Ziselman's insightful eyes, a
treasure trove of observations that any dog-lover will appreciate. In a
market where Americans spend more than $40 billion a year on their pets,
this work of razor-sharp wit and quiet tenderness will reach out and
grab readers everywhere by the heartstrings and-quite possibly-their
leashes.
HOUNDED wraps universal insights in hot-dog-shaped packages, providing
true dog lovers with many knowing nods, honest belly laughs and an
accurate, warts-and-all reflection of the fascination, wonder and love
that they have for their dogs.
And that Matt Ziselman obviously has for his.
