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

by Lisa Wojna

Overview

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 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781894864725
Publisher:	Folklore Publishing
Publication date:	04/07/2008
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Bestselling author Lisa Wojna has authored or co-authored more than 20 books for Blue Bike Books, including Weird Canadian Laws and the Bathroom Book of Canadian Quotes. She has also written many other non-fiction books. Having worked in the community newspaper industry as a writer and journalist, she has traveled all over Canada from the windy prairies of Manitoba to northern British Columbia and even to the wilds of Africa. Although writing and photography have been a central part of her life for as long as she can remember, it’s the people behind every story that are her motivation and give her the most fulfillment.

Table of Contents

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