A collection of stories by an English writer and veterinarian who has long won recognition from Russian readers. Unlike previously published books, here the main characters are dogs. Written with great love for animals and with purely English humor, the book teaches kindness. For lovers of literature about animals. Individual short stories in this collection were first published in the books “About All Creatures - Great and Small,” 1985 (chapters 1, 3–6, 24–31, 33, 34, 36, 38–41 and 43), “On All Creatures—Beautiful and Wonderful,” 1987 (chapters 9, 10, 13, 15–22), “And All of These Are Creatures of Nature,” 1989 (chapters 44–50) and “From the Memoirs of a Country Veterinarian,” 1993 (chapters 8, 12, 23 and 35).