Damp Dogs & Rabbit Wee by Cee Tee Jackson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
First selling point of this book is the author himself. Cee Tee Jackson is an ex-bank manager who runs a pet care/dog-walking business in the West of Scotland and sports a mohawk haircut.
Composed of a series of vignettes, the author shares true stories of his work with animals. The tales range from mildly amusing to hilarious, with the odd sadness thrown in. He has a personable and entertaining style of writing that would appeal to a wide age-range of readers.
Throughout the book, I was greatly impressed by the compassion and patience Cee Tee shows towards his charges, plus forgiveness towards animals with temperament issues. …I’m thinking he must have quite a lot of scars. For instance, he has a chapter titled “The Psychopaths” (a rabbit and a cat, to be precise).
My first job was as a kennel maid, which made this book of particular interest to me. I also used to keep rabbits that were all teeth and claws, and once tried offering a home to a rescue cat that was incurably homicidal (feeling great empathy with Cee Tee here).
Primarily, this is a book that dog owners will find incredibly entertaining. It’s clear that Cee Tee loves his work and hasn’t allowed redundancy (twice over) to tip him over into despondency. In fact I’m guessing, from some of his quips about the bank, that in hindsight he sees his new job as a liberation from an organisation he no longer respects.
However, it is obvious he respects animals and that he revels in his hours spent in the countryside rather than behind a desk in a stuffy office. He might end some days muddy, scratched, and smelling of damp dogs and rabbit wee but — what the hell? — the fellow is happy.
My only complaint about this book is that it is too short. Then again, the author does describe himself as “a bit of a short-arse, with a short attention span”.
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This sharing of book reviews is a new thing for me, as I’ve only just stumbled upon this feature on Goodreads.
The author of Damp Dogs & Rabbit Wee will be guest storytelling here in April. Meanwhile, you might like to visit Cee Tee’s blog
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Sarah Potter Writes 
This sounds like a great book Sarah, I’m sure I’d be very entertained by these stories.
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I think you’d find this book very funny, Andrea, and it would be right up your street.
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Cool, Sarah. Thanks for sharing. I used to work with a vet-tech who did housesitting and one of my heroes (RIP, Bob,) who “professionally” rescued abused & neglected animals (from donkeys to dogs to horses, cats, and more) had so many stories to tell. I wish I’d been able to sit with him for hours and hours and get them down on paper and/or tape before his passing. In any case, sounds like a lovely and fun-filled book (the title alone: very cute!).
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It is a lovely and fun-filled book. Mister has just read it and enjoyed it, too. Now it’s Joshua’s turn. We all love animals. I think that Cee Tee will be having a Kindle Countdown Deal running on this book in the not too distant future. I’ll let you know when it happens, just in case it’s within your budget.
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What a wonderfully written review of what sounds like a fascinating book Sarah. I wonder what Cee Tee would think of my two cats and one rabbit 😉 This is a book I need to read and share with my family of animal lovers!
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