My Life in Dog Years

I am currently reading My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulson. When i was looking for a book my mom recommend this to me because she said my brother had read it when he was about my age and really liked it. It is pretty much what the title says, his life in Dog Years. It's about all of the different dogs Gary Paulson had in his life time and what they did for him and what they meant to him. In the book you learn that Gary had a rough life and his parents were drinkers and would come home drunk most nights. When he was about 12 he pretty much lived on his own in the basement of his apartment building. All of the dogs that he had never really lived with him, they would meet up in the forest when he went hunting or at the back of the bowling ally when he got off work. He started working at about 14 being a pin boy at a bowling ally during the school year and working on a farm in the summer. He meet many dogs form the farm and would have a short relationship with them. It wasn't until he gets older until he has dogs that are actually his. I really like this book and it's a quick read, it shows how dogs can play a big role in peoples lives, and being and animal lover I especially liked this book. I would recommend it to anyone that likes animals, it is also very funny.