As I’m perusing the internet this morning I come across an article on dog books by Jill Rosen, she writes the Unleashed column for the Baltimore Sun. Today’s article, Drowning In Dog Books: Which Titles Rise To The Top?, mentions some dog books she has sitting on her desk and what’s there but Bo’s book BAD TO THE BONE : Memoir Of A Rebel Doggie Blogger.
She wants to know what dog books readers are putting on their holiday lists and recommending to friends. Please help Bo get to the top, here are the details from the Baltimore Sun.
There are seriously, seriously, seriously sooooo many dog books out there, I’m starting to lose track. At least a couple times a week a new one or two arrives in the mail.
There are heartwarming memoirs of man and beast, manuals for keeping the hound healthy, those that explore ways to understand the canine.
It seems that ever since Marley & Me skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller list, leaving sequels, a movie and who-knows-how-much-money and wet tissues in its wake, dog lovers have gotten really busy typing.
So here’s the question. I’m sitting here surrounded by new (and new-ish) titles including Speaking for Spot, The Wolf in the Parlor, Inside of a Dog, Marley & Me, To the Rescue, Power of the Dog, Bad to the Bone, Dogtown, Good Dogs Doing Good, Happy Dog, Fetching Dylan, Paws & Effect…the list goes on.
Which of these books are tops on your holiday wish list? And, more importantly, which dog books are front and center on your shelf, the ones you recommend to folks, the ones you’d read again if you had the time, the ones you found most meaningful….
Please share. A lot of us would love to know how to separate the dog lit wheat from the chaff.
And….yes….there will be booty sent out to some of those that comment.
For those of you that read BAD TO THE BONE: Memoir Of A Rebel Doggie Blogger Bo would eternally grateful if you would leave a comment in the comment section of the Baltimore Sun (click on the link, you’ll go directly to the article) recommending it and sharing why you enjoyed it.
If you do, leave your name here and you’ll be entered to win a pawtograhped copy of Bo’s book. Thanks Dogsters!
* Jill Rosen…if you read this Bo loves your column and would be thrilled if you interview him!
I just got this message from a rescue group that is in the UK, they saw this and got it to me in hopes we can help.
Two gorgeous dogs were adopted out only to be kept in a storage unit, the DA won’t prosecute the person responsible, and now the dogs are back at a kill shelter.
We need to get these dogs a home, and there is no time to waste. Then, we need to contact the DA and demand the woman responsible for doing this be charged with animal cruelty.
Lumpkin County, GA Great Pyrenees kept in storage unit!!!
It just came to my attention today that two Great Pyrenees that were formally at the Lumpkin County Animal Shelter in Dahlonega, GA are BACK!
These two gentle giants were adopted out from there to a person who kept them in a STORAGE UNIT for the past two weeks!!!!
Sad thing is…I had those that wanted them…but they were given to someone who did this horrible act of animal cruelty to them! They are now back at the shelter yet I’m trying desperately to get them pulled! They need to see a vet! They need to get out of there! They NEED a NEW HOME!!!
Animal Control picked them up yesterday… but guess what? The DA in Lumpkin County GA will NOT prosecute the woman for animal cruelty!
First thing: PLEASE CALL THE DA’S OFFICE and beg them to prosecute this woman for putting these two gentle and sweet giants into a windowless storage untit filled with her garbage! He refused!!!
Lumpkin County DA: Stan Gunner, Asst. DA; Tom Wight
Call them to DEMAND that they file proper animal abuse charges against this person who put them in a darkened, windowless, environment!!!
706-864-6754
As said above….I am desperately looking to pull these two and get them first to a vet…and then on to a new home or with another rescue that can take them! Please be humble and pass this along to ALL that care about the animals! Help find them a home! If you can not…please consider donating towards the vet care they will need…or in the least…enough money to get them out of the kill shelter where they now linger so I can get them into a boarding facility…
They did nothing wrong in life…yet life has been so cruel to these two…they have spent their lives outdoors…and then sent to a kill shelter…then to a STORAGE UNIT FOR TWO WEEKS!!!…and NOW?! They’re back at the kill shelter!
PLEASE take the time to call the DA’s office! PLEASE take the time to donate even a dollar so I can get them pulled and out of that place!
I want to thank Bella for barking to me about a wonderful program the military and the Humane Society are offering to wounded soldiers to help them heal.
The Humane Society’s Dog Tags program helps soldiers recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. They sign up to help the shelter dogs learn to behave, when the soldiers get out of the hospital they know how to care for and train the dogs. The dogs learn better behavior, making them more adoptable. In my book that’s a win-win.
The program began simply enough more than a year ago. The shelter is located just across the street from the Walter Reed campus. Soldiers out walking would come across shelter staff members walking the dogs. They would stop and pet the dogs and seemed to enjoy getting to know them. Officials at the shelter had the idea to hook the two together through a training program for the troops and the dogs.
“We want the program to be educational so that if there are service members in the program that want to potentially pursue this as a career, … they’re getting as much information as possible and as much hands-on time as possible with the dogs,” Foley said. “We also want it to be recreational, too, for people who … just love animals and like spending time with the dogs.”
The skills the dogs learn in the classes translate to better placement opportunities, Foley said. The program has far expanded the amount of training the shelter’s dogs received previously.
“This is another way our dogs are outside of their kennels being talked to and touched and interacting with people,” she said. “That’s extremely beneficial to reduce the stress levels of the animals in our kennels, and at the same time, it makes the animals far more successful in their new homes if they come into it with some basic obedience training.”
But for all of the good it is for the dogs, it is equally beneficial for the recovering troops, Foley said.
The article shares a wonderful story about Army Captain Lawrence Minnis and Ebony, a pit bull, who he ended up adopting. You can read how they saved each other on Army.com.
If there are any ’singing’ Dogsters out there, this is the post for you. It appears there’s an underground phenomenon going on around the country, dogs everywhere are crooning to Gwen Stefani’s song Sweet Escape.
Take a look at some hidden video of dogs caught in the act.
On Tuesday we finished week one of the Pup To Go Carrier contest. Meena, the owner of the company, thought all the answers were great and had such a hard time deciding that she chose two winners for the first giveaway. Congrats to Samson and Buster Love!
Don’t miss out, you still have time to enter to win a Pup To Go carrier, which allows you to carry your dog with you. The next winner will be chosen on Tuesday, November 24th.
A friend of mine posted this and I thought it was worth sharing, I hope you think so too. The picture is our newly adopted Berner rescue, Patience. She’s five-years-old and was rescued from the puppy mill two months ago.
I received this urgent plea from Ginger’s Pet Rescue, they are trying to help save the abandoned dogs leftover after the California forest fires. If you can help please contact them as soon as possible, time is running out. Post and crosspost this message to all your dog loving friends, rescue organizations, or anyone you think may be able to help.
Many of the animals were about to be euthanized until Ginger’s Pet Rescue in Seattle intervened. They all have a story – we can see it in their eyes. They really even don’t need to tell us,” says Martha Gibson-Wolfe, one of the rescuers.
Volunteers with Ginger’s Pet Rescue say the dogs were on Death Row – frightened and confused – animals of all sizes, breeds and backgrounds.
All were lost, separated or abandoned by their families during the chaos of the recent wildfires in Southern California.
Animal shelters there could no longer house them all, and many were on the verge of being euthanized, until this group saved them.
“You see all these really nice dogs, and you think if the truck was just a few days later or even just a few hours later, they could be put to sleep,” says rescuer Catherine Hannan.
The forgotten dogs are searching for a new start.
WE HAVE 32 MORE FOREST FIRE DOGS COMING THIS SUNDAY ~ NOVEMBER 22th !!!
We desperately need fosters homes for this coming Sunday’s arrival!
The last four Sundays we took in over 120 dogs that were saved out of the California Forest Fires in San Bernardino.
There are over 800 acres on fire and over 1300 Firefighters and all these forgotten dogs were refused by the local shelter due to lack of space.
They give us two options either board them or euthanize them and because these dogs are so great we are boarding them & saving them and bringing them up to Seattle 30 dogs at a time !!!
These dogs are so lucky to be saved as many dogs did not make it out alive.
We are making arrangements to bring them up here on Sunday ~ November 22nd.
Please ask around to your friends, family and co workers for a month or two of loving a dog in desperate need.
* Must fill out a Foster Application
Date of Arrival: November 22nd SUNDAY
Time: Late Afternoon
Place: South Seattle
* Remember it’s all about saving one dog at a time !
* Please e-mail me and let me know that you can help !
If you can not foster, donations would be deeply appreciated as many of the incoming dogs are sick.
* Leashes, Collars, Dog Food, Crates, Pee Pads would be great and you can drop off to address below!
Our address is 322 North 105th ~ Seattle, Wash 98133
Dogster/Catster HQ’s hosted a video contest that ran through October. They received a lot of great entries but in the end they chose Afro Ken (woof!) and Kung Fu Lola (meow!).
Here is Afro Ken like you’ve never seen him before.
When I originally posted this on November 4th the blog was having technical difficulties, it wasn’t updating. So, just in case anyone missed it I wanted to repost.
I want to let everyone know that this is the last month Lisa and I will be the bloggers on For The Love Of Dog. I can’t tell you how much we have enjoyed working on the blog over the last year and a half, and we hope that our postings helped make a difference in the dog community.
The blog is going to be going in a bit of a different direction, a little lighter. This is great and I have no doubt it will be fantastic, but while working on the blog over the last 15 months Lisa and I have discovered we have a true passion when it comes to dog rescue. We want to continue working on the issues that have become so important to us, get the word out about all those dogs in need, let people know how they can help.
We will still be on Dogster everyday, and continue to be very active, just not blogging. You can always reach me via pmail, Facebook, or Twitter. You can stop by Bo’s site, BoKnowsOnline, or his new author page at BAD TO THE BONE MEMOIR. And you can always order Bo’s book online at Amazon, or your favorite retailer. We will continue to write freelance and are looking into working with Anna Nirva on Sunbear Squad, will update when I have more details.
Our time on the blog is coming to an end so let’s make the most of it and have a great November.
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There are seriously, seriously, seriously sooooo many dog books out there, I’m starting to lose track. At least a couple times a week a new one or two arrives in the mail.
Lumpkin County, GA Great Pyrenees kept in storage unit!!!
I want to thank 
I received this urgent plea from
