Major is a German Shepherd Dog. Like most police dogs he is arrogant and
more than a little self-centred, with a strong sense of natural justice
and a stronger sense of humour. He enjoys nothing more than taking down
his criminal prey, and knows that selling meaty lumps in tins is a
diabolical conspiracy. He despairs at humans' inability to use their
senses, although his handler, Noddy, gets by with his help, and he
regards most police dog instructors as superhuman (except the ones that
are schafsköpfe). Major tells of how and why he signed up, and of his
first winter fighting crime. It is an epic saga of one dog's battle
against human pond-life and a lurcher called Wendy, in four-dimensional
space-time. Amongst other things it features a pitch invasion, a fire
extinguisher and a Chindit. Oh, and people get bitten too. Don't expect
a who-dunnit, or even a why-they-dunnit. This is better; this is a
how-a-police-dog-dunnit.