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Excellent story; middling writing. Butcher’s writing is a bit on-the-nose—meaning, he explains minutely as if he doesn’t think the reader understands or remembers what he explained in the previous chapter. Lots of repetitive pet rescue stories. Of course, dedicated readers will wish for more. I tried to use my dog to help me find a missing cat once. She wouldn't tell me where he went. I also just recently had a cat go missing. She was in the house and hiding because we had a guest. We tore the house apart looking for her and never did find her. She showed up on her own about 24 hours later. That just shows how cats can melt into their surroundings when they feel the need to hide. In a previous job, I actually selected all the books that went into both PetSmart and Petco for three years. At that time I didn't actually have a pet, which made me somewhat unbiased. But honestly, I am biased towards cats, even when I haven't owned one. Yet most books published are about dogs. (Yes, you can argue there are more dog owners, but there are more cats as pets as cat owners more often have multiples. We have two.) So when I saw my company was publishing yet another dog book, at first I nearly scrolled right by it, but the subtitle caught my eye. Wait--what? This is a book about a dog who finds cats? Yep! You don’t mind if we watch, do you?” he asked. “Ethan and I have had enough of Tom and Jerry for one morning. Molly the detective dog seems far more exciting.”' It is unknown why she didn't become a frog like her siblings, but it may be because she still has her psychokinetic powers.
With dog thefts, Ciara said “it’s unfortunate that many people just don't learn about what's going on until they become a victim of it”.And tomorrow, November 17, marks four weeks since the incident, and with just one sighting on October 21, Emma, says she is still desperate to bring Molly home. The team suggested (without any prompting from us), the best way to manage Odin. He is now going to have a brush every week at MM, then after the third week, he’ll have a full groom. We welcomed this idea, and have booked the “schedule” up to Christmas to see how it goes.
Their mission, to locate and rescue missing and stolen animals, with a specific focus on Molly sniffing out lost cats. They are a godsend to heartbroken pet owners everywhere.It’s likely that she ended up as another family’s pet, or even an older person or someone that doesn't have social media. Which is why the documentary is so vital to us.” At one point, Butcher describes a time when Molly was injured by wildlife while searching the woods per a client's request. The client merely asked and he agreed even though he knew Molly was overworked at the time. Later, he recalls the situation with wording which implies the client did something wrong by making a request which Colin had every chance to refuse yet chose to accept. He refers to the lesson he learned from this as one to "not cave to clients' demands" as if she'd been demanding. I can't help but cringe a bit on the inside reading such a thing, hoping that this client never reads the book and sees the indirect blame placed on her for a terrible situation where Molly was harmed. It also felt a bit like a cop-out, since the 'lesson' worded in such a way follows a lengthy and harrowing expanse about how he felt guilty and blamed himself for not taking better care of Molly. Which one is it? Did he learn from his guilt to watch out for Molly no matter what, or did he offset that guilt onto the client who, not being a trained dog handler, had no means of knowing Molly's limits or the amount of danger she could be in when requesting the search? The leadup would suggest the former, but the verbiage would suggest the latter. To each their own, these are real people who have every right to happiness in their relationship, etc. but I don't want to read about this particular relationship dynamic, especially when it involves someone being a jerk to a precious dog. Doubly so, this annoys me when excuse after excuse is made and praise heaped upon Sarah for ultimately accepting Molly. Wow, congrats, she reached the baseline of not being mean to an innocent dog anymore. Someone give her a cookie! 🙄 Every mention of Sarah just dragged the book down for me, perhaps because she made such a sour first impression that I just couldn't care less about the 'progress' she made. Nor could I understand why Butcher would put up with her nonsense when they were clearly very differently aligned on the dog lover vs. dog hater spectrum. Colin was in the active in Royal Navy, then became a police detective, and then, with the love of animals, created a UK Pet Detective Agency. This book details how Colin and Molly came to be, the training they endured together, and all of the lives they touched. Together, they help find lost cats by scent and return them to their grateful owners. I can only imagine how impactful Colin and Molly truly were to all of the people they helped. The fact that Molly was a rescue dog who turned out to become a successful Pet Detective makes this book even sweeter than it already is. Rescuing dogs is so important for our lives and the pets!
The owner of a little dog who was used and abused in a puppy farm for four years, believes someone may have taken her in after she bolted in fear four weeks ago. I know that there are some people out there who think I’m over-reacting, and who’ll say, ‘It’s only a dog.’ But they tend not to be pet owners. They think unconditional love is reserved for humans. They just don’t understand.” A cash reward is being offered to anyone who provides information on Molly’s whereabouts, or better yet, brings her home. She appears later in the book, being taught adverbs alongside her siblings. She helps Li'l Petey, 80-HD, and her siblings draw on Munchy and scare him away. She subsequently saves Dog Man, Chief, Sarah, and Zuzu along with Flippy. You also get to hear about many cases of missing animals. Not all of them have happy endings so beware. I also didn't know that in England dog theft is a big criminal activity to the point where the author's agency doesn't get involved much anymore after all the credible death threats they have received.The BBC documentary Bring Molly Home shines a light on the spate of dog thefts across Ireland and the UK brought on by the pandemic, when the demand for pets outweighed the care for where they necessarily came from.
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