Christopher Reid 
Old Toffer »s Book of Consequential Dogs 

I »ve rounded up a rowdy assembly
Of my own Consequential Dogs
As counterparts to Eliot »s mogs.
Mine are a rough and ready bunch:
You wouldn »t take them out to lunch . . .
But if they strike you as friendly, funny,
Full of bounce and fond of a romp,
Forgetful of poetic pomp,
I trust you »ll take them as you find them
And, at the very least, not mind them.
T. S. Eliot »s best-selling collection of practical cat poems has been one of the most successful poetry collections in the world.
For the first time in company history a companion volume will be published. Originally conceived by Eliot himself, Old Toffer »s Book of Consequential Dog poems are a witty, varied and exquisitely compiled as Eliot »s cats.