I read "Treve" for the first time, yesterday. As a child I read and loved what "Lad" books I could find, but this one was not available at the library.

While I enjoyed this story, I did not feel it was up to the very high standard that Albert Payson Terhune has already set with his other Sunnybank books. Still, it definitely was worth a read and I'm sure a reread at a later date.

The best part, in my opinion, was the afterword, in which the author tells the story of the real Treve, one of their champion collies, and Treve's best friend, Wolf. I loved reading about Treve's quirky ways.

Do not dismiss this as a "children's book", but consider it to be a story for all ages, especially for dog lovers. ( )

I know I'm a little old to be reading Albert Payson Terhune. The last time I read Terhune I was probably about eleven years old. I'm 67 now, but by golly, I found I still liked this kind of book. Oh, it's not the kind of thing I'd enjoy a steady diet of now, certainly not the way I did between the ages of seven and eleven. Because I was in the "dog book" phase back then, devouring canine stories for children by Kjelgaard, O'Brien, Curwood, London and others. And of course all those Sunnybank collie books from the old master, Terhune, about his dogs - Lad, Lady, Wolf, Bruce, Buff, etc. This book, TREVE, was one I'd never read, so I was particularly pleased to find this old 1924 copy in a used bookstore last year. I read the whole thing yesterday, in just a couple sittings, just like I used to read Terhune over fifty years ago. TREVE is set in the southwest of the early 1920s, and the eponymous canine hero does a lot of the usual dog book stuff, dispatching mountain lions, wolves, and ratllesnakes, as well as heading off a stampeding herd of cattle, bringing in a flock of lost sheep through a winter storm, and tracking down and stopping all manner of bad guys too. Of course there are some not very politically correct elements here too - the way a Chinese cook is portrayed, for example. But the book was published more than eighty years ago, so what the hell, I suppose.

Reading TREVE yesterday allowed me to remember myself as a kid, and also reminded me what a terrific yarn-spinner Terhune was. No wonder so many boys and girls loved his books. Today the language may seem quaint and even archaic, but it's still completely accessible for any kid who wants to read a good dog book. And some of his books are still in print, most notably his most famous one, LAD: A DOG. If you're eight or nine years old you'd love it. If you're over sixty and read Albert Payson Terhune as a kid, you'll probably enjoy the trip back. And TREVE wouldn't be a bad place to start. Five stars because, well, because "thanks for the memories" and all those hours of enjoyment Terhune provided me with all those years ago. ( )