Matthew Inman dishes another helping of hilarity from his online comic The Oatmeal in My Dog: The Paradox. After years of carefully observing his own dog, Rambo, Inman follows his #1 New York Times best-selling How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You, with this ode to the furry, four-footed, tail-wagging bundle of love and unbridled energy frequently dubbed man’s best friend.

This eponymous comic became an instant hit when it went live on The Oatmeal.com and was liked on Facebook by 700,000 fans. Now fans will have a keepsake book of this comic to give and to keep.

In My Dog: The Paradox, Inman discusses the canine penchant for rolling in horse droppings, chasing large animals four times their size, and acting recklessly enthusiastic through the entirety of their impulsive, lovable lives. Hilarious and heartfelt, My Dog: The Paradox eloquently illustrates the complicated relationship between man and dog.

We will never know why dogs fear hair dryers, or being baited into staring contests with cats, but as Inman explains, perhaps we love dogs so much “because their lives aren’t lengthy, logical, or deliberate, but an explosive paradox composed of fur, teeth, and enthusiasm.”
《別相信任何貓》暢銷作者，仔細觀察自己的狗Rambo整整一年之后，決定為這種四只腳、毛絨絨、活力四射、總是開心地搖著尾巴，被稱為“人類最好的朋友”的動物寫書。這本《In My Dog: The Paradox》延續前作的爆笑幽默感，描寫了許多狗兒不可思議的行為，例如非常喜愛滾在馬的便便上、追逐體型比自己大許多倍的動物、總是用全副的精神與體力去做喜歡的事……

我們也許難以解釋為什么狗狗會怕吹風機，或是對貓類莫名畏懼，但當你讀完這本教人忍俊不住，甚至是心有戚戚焉的小書后，或許就能體會狗與人之間一言無法蔽之的復雜關系。如作者所言，它們的生命短暫、行為舉止毫無邏輯，但是，它們對世界上所有人事物都抱持著無限的熱情、隨時充滿好奇，或許正因為如此，才讓人那么愛它啊！

TheOatmeal.com is an entertainment Web site full of comics, quizzes, and stories. The site gets more than 7 million unique visitors and 30 million page views a month; 250,000 blogs and Web sites have linked to it. TheOatmeal.com is written, drawn, and coded by Matthew Inman, a king of all trades when it comes to the Web. Matthew lives in Seattle, Washington, with his dogs, Rambo and Beatrix.

太可愛的狗狗了，喜歡寵物的孩子不要錯過。