4th in the Hercules and Big Bertha Mystery Series This Time Herc Has His Nose in the Air Dog Private Investigator, Hercules, loves tomato soup, so he’s understandably upset when his favorite soup maker gets kidnapped from Three-Men-In-A-Diner. An unusual combination of things go missing round the city too, like jewellers tools, shoes and even [...]
The third in the Hercules and Big Bertha Mystery series, Case of Dognapper's Folly, sees our tenacious Dog P.I. hot on the case of multiple dognappings. They aren't just any canines either, but dogs and hounds that take on lawbreakers in post offices, air ports, and other government facilities. Along with Private Investigator Bertha Kowolski [...]
When I embarked on my first book involving animal characters, I was steered into reading similar books that soon proved to be dissimilar. Then I sought advice from professional sources: a professional editor, a representative of a writing guild, a language-arts professor-come-editor, and other successful authors (these last lumped together). Three of the four advised [...]
I’m Hercule's partner, Bertha Kowolski of BK Investigations. Recently I acquired a canine partner, not by choice. I call him Hercules. He’s a fantastic little dog who seems to understand what is being said with those big Chihuahua ears of his. Too bad he can’t talk! I never wanted a dog but it didn’t take [...]
I’m Hercules, big name, little dog—Chihuahua/Terrier to be precise. That wasn’t always my name but after my first owner got rid of me through a car window, I launched myself wholeheartedly into working with this wonderful lady I call Big Gal that I met in the park and who right away named me Hercules, after [...]
Hey, have I got news! My author has just launched The Case of the Duffle Bag Kids, a Hercules and Big Bertha Mystery, another tale told by the dog hero. It’s for older youth and adults, so you Long Dog readers need to age a little but your older siblings and parents will go crazy [...]
Fellow here again: I wanted to tell you about how I once rescued the Doggie Gang but Pop Long Dog said I better start with how I got into some trouble that helped me save them. You see, I love all the juicy give-aways I can get from places with people and food. Little kids [...]
Sheesh, having a pup is hard work, teaching him how to be a good dog; he doesn’t seem to have much common sense and insists on calling me Pop Long Dog. He’s got a good heart and all but there’s been a time or two when it looked like a much bigger dog would give [...]
“Long Dog here. I guess I have to let the Newfoundlands have their say, though they don’t belong to the Doggie Gang. I’m not certain I’ll like what they have to bark about but, go ahead Queenie.” “That’s Queen Anna June, please. Along with Prince Willy Jac, we’re official water rescue dogs, so really, we’re [...]
Long Dog here to tell you how I got to be a sailing dog. When a father and son came into the pet shop where I was living, I knew right away that the kid was my kind of boy. He had that heavenly smell of juicy hamburger on him, and I could see he [...]
