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Book

Sitting with dogs : stories of rescue dogs going from lost to loved

Call Number

  • 636.7 K1616 (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

First American edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2025.

Physical Description

221 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

A collection of narratives about nine rescue dogs aided by animal advocate Rocky Kanaka. The book describes the circumstances that brought each dog to a shelter, the challenges they faced, and the efforts made to help them recover and find permanent homes.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Flip (the dog that saved my life)
  • Casper (fight, flight, and freeze)
  • Kobe (the dog with the broken heart)
  • Macy (getting through this together)
  • Honey (a bad reputation)
  • Valerie (over the rainbow)
  • Moose (the good boy)
  • Bean (even when it hurts)
  • Pumpkin (feral and back)
  • Life is better with dogs.

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