Told from the dog’s side
Every dog has a .
A bone. A leash. The whole back seat.
One specific person who is not allowed to leave.
The point of view
The dog gets the voice.
A bull by my side? I'd fear no fight. / I'd stand my ground both day and night.
— Sascha
Most dog books are about a dog.
The dog series is told by one. Sascha is not the pet standing beside the child in story one. She is the one telling it, and she is certain she is running things.
She is observant, loyal, particular, and rarely sure she has made her point. That gap is where the humor lives, and it is what a grown-up recognizes on the second read.
Sascha & Loops.
Sascha
Standard Schnauzer
Born in Montana, now stationed in Texas. She guards Loops, barks at the mailman, the doorbell, skateboards and leaves, and reckons that with a bull beside her she'd fear no fight.
Loops
The girl
Brown wavy hair and a serious commitment to hoops. Cheered for Kobe at one time, back with the Spurs now. Takes Sascha on walkies, calls the car rides a cruise, and is, by Sascha's account, the whole point.
Sascha's home range.
The stories start in Montana and end up in Texas, which is where Sascha has since taken charge of a bull, a fox, a mailman, and several hundred acres she does not technically own.
Texas is not a backdrop in dog. It is the reason half of what happens, happens.
Three Saschas.
The Original
The real one
A Standard Schnauzer in Texas with strong feelings about the mailman and a standing claim on the good mat. Everything here started with her. She doesn't know that.
The Illustration
The one in the books
The same dog, handed 36 pages and the run of the story to explain herself in. She rhymes, and is not always sure she has made her point.
The Soft One
Made with Adada Paris
Travels well, guards nothing, and is the version people keep long after they have stopped explaining why.
Three titles.
One of them you can actually hold.
Everything a bone turns out to be, and the day a second one arrives.
Adventure at one end, security at the other.
Start with doggirl.
Hardcover picture book, 36 pages, and the first time anyone lets Sascha explain herself.
Shop the bookOr just follow her.
She has things to say. Most of them reported from the good couch.
@saschatheschnauzer