Winner of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists Award for Best Humor Blog in 2017 and 2018, humorist Dave Jaffe and his wife rescued a terrier, although why anyone would is beyond them.

Cunning, intelligent, and fleetingly thoughtful, this young, very social, black-and-white, cow-eyed terrier, Budleigh, was proof of those old adages, "Smart as a terrier" and "Did he break the skin?"

Winner of the Indies Today 2019 Best Humor Book Award, Sleeping between Giants, Book I: Budleigh, the Early Year explores the highly successful, though often confusing relationship between Canines and Giants through essays and cartoons created by the author and drawn from his national award-winning blog.

Newly adopted Budleigh bonds quickly with his Giants 1 & 2 and as their first shelter dog, proves no more a challenge than if they'd both pursued medical degrees. He is more a challenge to, say, half a loaf of cornbread left on the table in a dark kitchen. But who could blame Budleigh? The streets taught him that talk is cheap, life is tough, and you don't get much cornbread.

In its Five-Star review, Indies Today wrote, "Dave Jaffe's obvious love for animals is matched by his talent for writing. Sleeping with Giants will make you laugh out loud with the author's Seinfeldian observations on life with a terrier."

Best-selling author and humorist Lori B. Duff wrote of Sleeping between Giants, "I started to read it in the lobby of the auditorium while I was waiting for my son's concert to start. I had to stop reading it in public because I was making a spectacle of myself, laughing, snorting, and insisting that my husband quit doing what he was doing so that he could read the passage I was laughing at."

Sleeping between Giants offers great wisdom from Budleigh, his older co-dog Brisby, Nature's Perfect Schnoodle, and a host...well, pack of dog park locals.

They've much to teach us. Besides the best spots to poop