Table of Contents
1 Clever Canines
1 Pasta Penitence Gwen Cooper 1
2 The Dog That Wouldn't Bark Kelli A. Wilkins 4
3 Rascal's Vanishing Act Ilana Long 8
4 Every Time a Bell Rings Ann Morrow 11
5 Baby on Board Jill Ann Robinson 14
6 Caspar Tanya Sousa 16
7 Unless Maureen Simons 18
8 Uncle Homer's Dog Charlotte Lewis 22
9 How Skyler Saved His Own Life Sandra Martin 25
10 Pet Names Diane Stark 28
2 Learning to Love the Dog
11 My Dog Brother Holly Rutchik 32
12 The New Pack D.M. Woolston 35
13 My Husband's Dog Nell Musolf 38
14 A Gift Called Boomer Timothy Martin 43
15 The Other Female in Our Bed Janie Emaus 46
16 Over My Dead Body Karen Zimmerman 48
17 Home Together Diane Stark 51
18 My Priceless Present Kim Johnson 55
19 Ode to a Basset Andrea K. Farrier 60
20 Canine Delicacies Joe Sainz 63
3 Our Protectors
21 The Four-Legged Nanny Nancy Julien Kopp 67
22 Clyde Jack Byron 69
23 Buck Nancy Gail Collins 73
24 Holding on for Dear Life Jill Burns 76
25 Morning Walk D. B. Zane 78
26 A Family of Four Kristine Benevento 81
27 Couper A.L. Tompkins 85
28 Gypsy Elizabeth Delisi 88
29 Lifesaver Marcia Lee Harris 91
30 On This Night Barbara Woods 93
4 Life Lessons from the Dog
31 Interpretive Agility Amy Rovtar Payne 98
32 A Place to Call Her Own Kitty Larousse 101
33 My Mom's Last Gift Kathryn Santichen 104
34 Emily Laurel L. Shannon 107
35 Good Dog Goes Bad Kandace Chapple 110
36 A Puppy's Power Catherine V. Moise 113
37 Five-Card Draw Phil Taylor 116
38 Right to the End Sharon Struth 120
39 Buddy the Miracle Dog Rosalind Forster 124
40 Nikki the Insightful Pup Christie Schmitt Coombs 127
5 My Very Good, Very Bad Dog
41 Showtime Heather Debord 131
42 Mail Confetti Gwen Cooper 135
43 For Pete's Sake Peggy Frezon 138
44 Mullins and the Dogcatcher Ronica Stromberg 141
45 The Dog Who Came Through Walls Lynn Sunday 143
46 A Thief Among Us L. M. Bruno 146
47 I Took My Dog to Work Tamra Anne Bolles 149
48 Best Mistake Ever Tonya Ranum 151
49 Pepito's Tale Yvonne Evie Green 154
50 The Gingerbread Massacre Teresa Ambord 156
51 Grab and Dash Loretta D. Schoen 159
52 Rufus's Unwrapped Gift Crystal Schwanke 161
6 On the Road
53 Travel Wizard Jill Haymaker 164
54 Drive-Thru Dog C. L. Nehmer 167
55 Trouble in the Air Tina Rajowitz 170
56 BFFs Marianne Rogoff 173
57 Coast to Coast Canines Elise Warner 176
58 My Dog Can Smile James Michael Dorsey 179
59 Flight Training Nancy Fine 181
60 A Nose for Trouble Robert E. Boertien 185
61 Welcome to Canada! Joyce Styron Madsen 187
62 A Creature of Habit Diane. Stark 190
7 Changed by the Dog
63 My Buddy Laurie Batzel 194
64 Cured with Love and Licks Joanna Elphick 198
65 Just Right Mindi Ellis 202
66 Me Time for Two Bonita Jewel 204
67 A Gift from Heaven Michelle Padula 208
68 My Boy, My Pride and Joy Steven Johnston 211
69 My Perfect Friend Amelie J. Rose 215
70 Lost and Found Barbara Bolton-Brown 218
71 A Dog's Plan Jennifer Kennedy 222
8 Four-Legged Friends
72 An Unlikely Pair Diane Dowsing Robison 227
73 Tag, You're It Lee E. Pollock 230
74 Gentle Gracie Sonia A. Moore 233
75 Part-Time Retriever Eva Carter 235
76 COVID Comfort Nicole L. V. Mullis 239
77 Smokey Meets Clara Kathy Padgett 241
78 Dances with Coyotes Deborah Dobson 245
79 Sweet Metamorphosis Joyce Laird 249
80 Passing the Baton Donna Fawcett 252
81 Violet and Diesel Shelter in Place Suzanne Cushman 256
82 Lone Ranger John Ryder 259
9 And Dog Makes Family
83 The Black Volkswagen Eser Yilmaz 263
84 Rescuing Spot Molly Brewer Hoeg 266
85 Collared by Love Jill L. Ferguson 270
86 The New Girl John J. Lesjack 273
87 Loving Sammie Ellen Abell 278
88 Finding joy Patricia Hope 281
89 All Ours Victoria Roder 284
90 Settling In Terri Knight 288
91 A Puppy Named Joy Lou Zywicki Prudhomme 292
10 Grieving & Recovery
92 Just Be There Kathryn Kazoleas 297
93 That Stupid Little Puppy Leslie Wibberley 301
94 Animal Therapy Kelly A. Smith 305
95 My Caregivers David Weiskircher 307
96 A Gift I Never Knew I Needed Faith Griffin Sims 312
97 Loving Lenny Melissa Edmondson 315
98 Daphne's Gift Leanne Watkins 319
99 The Dog Who Needed Me Lorraine Cannistra 321
100 A Snowy Rescue Kim Hanson 325
101 The Little Bed in the Corner John Astley 328
Meet Our Contributors 331
Meet Amy Newmark 345
Thank You 347
About American Humane 348
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 350
