Shouts & Murmurs

This Summer’s Hottest Audiobooks for Dogs

今夏最热狗狗有声书
A dog with headphones on listens to music.
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Trapped in a sweltering house with only stupid squeaky toys to keep you company? Run out of things to destroy? Post-surgery cone preventing you from licking your wound and other fun? Why not download Dogible, runner-up for the 2025 Council for Canine Dental Care’s award for Unchewable Entertainment (first place went to staring at the wall). Our audiobooks are available in Bark, Woof-Woof, Whimper, and Latin. Unlike Pawdible™, we do not believe that dogs want to learn Italian. Below, some highlights from the summer catalogue.

被困在闷热的屋里,只有蠢兮兮的吱吱玩具陪你?能拆的东西都拆完了?术后伊丽莎白圈让你舔不到伤口,也干不了别的乐子?不如下载Dogible——2025年犬类牙齿护理委员会“不可咀嚼娱乐奖”第二名(第一名是盯着墙看)。我们的有声书提供吠叫语、汪汪语、呜咽语和拉丁语版本。跟Pawdible™不一样,我们不觉得狗需要学意大利语。以下是夏季目录中的一些精选。

“The Myth of Sisyfetch”

《西西弗斯叼球神话》

The ball is thrown. You retrieve it. It’s thrown again. You retrieve it. Again, again, again—forever. We must imagine Sisyfetch happy. But are you?

球扔出去了。你捡回来。又扔出去了。你又捡回来。一次又一次,一次又一次——永无止境。我们必须想象西西弗斯叼球是快乐的。可你快乐吗?

“You Are Good: Affirmations for Dogs Who Don’t Believe It”

《你很好:给不相信自己的狗狗的肯定语》

Shoo those negative emotions away with phrases such as “You are a good dog. . . . Yes, you. . . . Even when you eat the couch . . . especially then. . . . Anyway, you didn’t eat the whole couch. . . . Anyway, you did them a favor . . . chintz?!” Perfect if you feel remorse about drooling on Aunt Gussie on purpose, suffer from guilt about the Sunday Incident, or struggle with chronic anxiety about whether you are really a good boy or just O.K.

用这些话赶走那些负面情绪吧:“你是一只好狗……对,就是你……就算你吃了沙发……尤其是你吃了沙发的时候……再说了,你也没把整张沙发吃完……再说了,你是帮了他们一个忙……印花布?就这?!”如果你因为故意流口水到奥古斯塔姑妈身上而感到懊悔,为“周日事件”而内疚,或者长期焦虑自己到底是不是真的好孩子、还是仅仅凑合,这本书再合适不过。

“The Mailman Cometh”

《邮差来了》

Did you know that a single serving (two bites) of a mailman provides twenty-seven grams of protein (fifty-four per cent D.V.), and up to thirty-nine grams if the mailman is free-range? Did you know that mailmen, unlike kibble, contain no corn-gluten feed, and, if eaten in moderation, are considered a staple of the Mediterranean diet? From this nutrition guidebook, you’ll learn how to get the physique of a whippet and the vision of a Seeing Eye dog, without having to give up your mailman addiction.

你知道吗?一份(两口)邮差能提供二十七克蛋白质(占每日推荐摄入量的百分之五十四),如果是散养邮差,蛋白质含量可达三十九克。你知道吗?邮差跟狗粮不一样,不含玉米蛋白粉,而且适量食用的话,还是地中海饮食的主食。这本营养指南会教你如何练出惠比特犬的身材、拥有导盲犬的视力,同时不必戒掉你对邮差的瘾。

“Good Riddance, Moon”

《谢天谢地,月亮》

Good night, delicious corner of rug, newly fringed. Good night, sofa pillow, now exploded snow globe. Good night, passport, which expires in three months anyway. Good night, sticks and rocks I brought inside to give the bed a more back-to-nature feel. Good night, tax returns. Good night, house training. Hello, trazodone cheese cube.

晚安,地毯上刚被啃出流苏的美味角落。晚安,沙发靠垫,如今已炸成雪花球。晚安,护照,反正三个月后就过期了。晚安,我叼进屋里、想让床更有回归自然感的树枝和石头。晚安,报税单。晚安,居家如厕训练。你好,包着曲唑酮的奶酪块。

“How to Frame the Cat (and, If There’s No Cat, the Seven-Year-Old)”

《如何陷害猫(如果没有猫,就陷害七岁小孩)》

Based on the ancient Chinese text “The Art of War,” this survival handbook teaches couch destruction with plausible deniability, hiding your humans’ shoes so they can’t leave, using the sad face to secure a second dinner, and destroying the vacuum cleaner (remember when they neutered you? It’s like that). Recorded at a pitch not detectable by human beings.

这本生存手册脱胎于中国古代典籍《孙子兵法》,教你如何在破坏沙发后合理推诿、把主人的鞋藏起来让他们出不了门、用悲伤脸骗到第二顿晚饭,以及摧毁吸尘器(还记得他们给你做绝育的时候吗?差不多就那感觉)。本书以人类无法察觉的音频录制。

“Unleashless” (Abridged)

《无绳之乐》(节选版)

Steakly, plump beef chuck mouthfullagain bearing a bowl of chips nachocheese. Crumb floor? No crumb, dust bunny. Chase. Door open open now. Run outside before comes leash. Outside! Smellsmellsmell ghost of bacon. Scent of processed meat, pig blood, hot-dog-bun pun. Bjnoqfekd. Trijl qegbwt. Qetryoijk. Smell home-before-home. Inside. Treat? And then I asked him with my paws to ask again yes and then he said Krunchy Kanine Kibble? And yes I said yes I will Yes. ♦

牛排似的,肥嘟嘟的牛肩肉满嘴再来一块端着一碗薯片玉米片奶酪味。地板上有渣?没有渣,灰尘兔。追。门开了开了现在开了。趁牵绳还没来跑出去。外面!闻闻闻培根的幽灵。加工肉的气味,猪血,热狗面包的双关。比诺克菲克。特里吉尔奎格布特。奎特里奥伊克。闻家之前家。里面。零食?然后我用爪子问他再问一次好然后他说脆脆犬粮?然后好我说好我愿意好。♦

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