As one might hope and expect, Durango is well represented in a new book called Colorado Mountain Dogs. Author M. John Fayhee will stop here Sunday to plug the book on his 10-city tour of Colorado towns.

The book is rooted in Fayhee’s days at the Colorado-based Mountain Gazette, now a web-only entity. In 2006 the periodical asked its readers for submissions of dogs in the mountains for a special spread. Fayhee was inundated with 500 photos.

For five years the Gazette, which Fayhee edited for 10-plus years, ran a mountain dog issue. Ultimately, by saving the best photos from over the years, Fayhee has put together a full-fledged book.

Fayhee said in a phone interview last week that before recently moving to southwest New Mexico, he spent 24 years in Colorado, much of it in mountain towns.

“It’s almost like a mandatory accessory.” Fayhee said. “You know: You move to the mountains, you get yourself a four-wheel-drive vehicle, you get some skis, and you get a dog.”

Fayhee’s stop at Maria’s Bookshop on Sunday – being dubbed “Fayhee’s Fidos” – will benefit the La Plata County Humane Society.

For a full story on the book and Fayhee’s visit, see Friday’s Outdoors section online and in the printed edition of the Herald.

johnp@durangoherald.com