After the long flight and the next day’s train trip to Southern France, Chula was ready to stretch her legs on the grassy lawn. Unlike, say Ackerly’s My Dog Tuliphowever, this book touches on the necessities while quickly moving on to what’s most important-the sights and smells of Provincial France.įor their stay, the Longs rented a house at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence on the Avenue de la Libération, which Chula took as a sign that off-leash adventures were in her future. Fourteen hours later (including 11 long hours in the cargo hold of a jet) found Chula and her people looking for a spot of French grass to serve as an impromptu dog potty.ĭog people know that no conversation about dogs fails to mention elimination. Little did Chula know what was waiting for her when the Longs left their home in Carmel, California. And the dog’s eye view of the trip along with the exquisite photographs make you feel like you’re walking alongside the Longs through village markets, sidewalk cafes, and windswept lavender fields. It’s written simply because everyone knows that Shelties aren’t pompous or condescending. Their obsession with disgusting smells and their lack of opposable thumbs makes their writing challenging to say the least.īut Chula’s narration of the trip made the book a fantasy of sorts-the kind of book you curl up in your favorite chair to read on a miserable, rainy day. I’m not generally fond of books written by dogs. Yes, Dog Trots Globe is written by a dog.
Their family included nine-year-old Chula, a Sheltie who found herself taking her first international flight and writing a memoir of the trip. In 2010, Sheron Long and her husband Bob took a two-month family vacation to France. Toss in over 150 colorful photographs and a beautiful Shetland Sheepdog and you have an enchanting travel book. Would these colorful baskets look half as beautiful without a Sheltie to reflect their bright colors in her lush coat?ĭog Trots Globe – To Paris & Provencedoes what every travel book aspires to: it convinces a reader who has never visited a place to want to go and evokes memories in those who have already been there. Book: Dog Trots Globe – To Paris & Provence (A Sheltie Goes to France) by Sheron and Bob Long
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