“Whimsical and charming. Tulip beat Marley to the punch by five decades.  Long before the yellow Lab snacked on drywall and diapers and was celebrated in “Marley & Me,” J.R. Ackerley wrote a valentine to his female German shepherd.”

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11027/1120858-501.stm

-Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette