Another good book that came our way recently is Edward Stourton’s Diary of a Dog Walker giving some anecdotes from his perambulations with his dog Kudu. Jacques Chirac’s dog, we gather had to be treated for mental health problems after he started biting the former president after his departure from the Elysee Palace. George W Bush’s dog also became a biter on his departure from the White House. There must be a moral in there somewhere.