I was beyond delighted when I learned that the fifth book in the series, Ruff-Housed, won the Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA) AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy and Canine Good Citizen Award sponsored by the American Kennel Club for the best writing about the AKC Canine Good Citizen Program. (Yeah, that’s a mouthful, but I wanted the […]
Chapter Three: Putting It All on Black
The night we bring him home, he huddles against us like a scared rabbit. We take him to a fenced area in the back yard and put him down. He hops a few steps, still rabbit-like, then hugs the ground. No interest in exploring. No interest in us. I begin to worry that we have […]
Fly Away Home
Shadow is gone. In my last post, Not Looking Good for Our Hero, I told how we came home after Christmas to find Shadow barely able to walk. In just a few days, he lost the ability to stand on his own. Over the next few weeks, our local vet (whose entire staff gave him […]