Amazing Dog Stories: Stories of Brilliance, Loyalty, Courage & Extraordinary Feats

by Wojna, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9781894864725
• ISBN10: 1894864727
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-30
• Publisher: Lone Pine Pub

Summary

Our best friends. They can be pets or working dogs; they race for sticks and balls or find survivors of disasters, and they are the subjects of some of the most amazing and touching stories: Employees of the Albany post office adopted a stray puppy named Owney, and in his life he traveled hundreds of thousands of miles with the mail to places around the world, John Dignard, victim of a brain injury, introduced the concept of memory dogs by training a German shepherd to help him, Rescue dogs working 9-11 found a few survivors, but the remains they uncovered provided closure for grieving families, Times were tough for Jude Stringfellow, but a bipedal puppy named Faith taught her to hope again, The Sica family's golden retriever, Bullet, saved their three-week-old son from certain death from an undiagnosed heart condition, Stubby, a mongrel boxer mutt, became a hero on the front lines when his frenetic barking alerted sleeping soldiers to poisonous gas, Skippy, a hearing-ear dog, has given Kerena Marchant a taste of what freedom really means, Blue heeler cross Skidboot has made appearances on Jay Leno, Oprah and the Late Show with David Letterman to perform his amazing tricks. And so many more heartwarming stories... Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Beyond Belief	p. 10
Everyday Dog Heroes	p. 12
A Dog Is Everyone's Friend	p. 48
To the Rescue	p. 60
Lending a Hand	p. 80
The Seeing Eye, the Hearing Ear	p. 82
Bringing Comfort	p. 102
Finding His Way	p. 123
Medical Mysteries	p. 135
Hard at Work	p. 149
War Dogs	p. 151
One Black Day	p. 164
Hike! Hike!	p. 183
Calling 9-1-1	p. 190
A Dog's Life and Other Tidbits	p. 198
Against All Odds-Dogs Who Never Say Die	p. 200
Bits & Pieces	p. 220
A House is Not a Home	p. 247
Fantastic Feats & Frolicking Fun	p. 261
Notes on Sources	p. 272
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