Bad to the Bone: Memoir of a Rebel Doggie Blogger
10 best books like Bad to the Bone: Memoir of a Rebel Doggie Blogger (Bo Hoefinger): A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life, Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats, and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelter, Winging It: A Memoir of Caring for a Vengeful Parrot Who's Determined to Kill Me, Tales from a Dog Catcher, A Dog Named Slugger, One Dog at a Time: Saving the Strays of Helmand - An Inspiring True Story, Out of Harm's Way, Love Is the Best Medicine: What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles, Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Loved, Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs
| Author | Steven Kotler |
| ISBN | 1608190021 |
Steven Kotler was forty years old and facing an existential crisis—which made him not too different from just about every other middle-aged guy in Los Angeles. Then he met Joy, a woman devoted to the cause of canine rescue. "Love me, love my dogs," was her rule, and not having any better ideas, Steven...
Elizabeth Hess, a journalist and former art critic, walked into the Columbia Greene Animal Shelter in upstate New York looking for a new dog. Touched by the animals' plight and the dedication of the workers, she began to volunteer at the shelter on a regular basis. In Lost and Found, Hess brings you behind...
| Author | Jenny Gardiner |
| ISBN | 1439157618 |
A gift from an overseas relative, Graycie, an African Gray parrot, arrives in the Gardiner home not long after the birth of their first child, adding the responsibilities of parrot-hood to their newfound parenthood. Jenny Gardiner and her husband were hoping for a docile, beautifully plumed, Polly-want-a-cracker...
| Author | Lisa Duffy-Korpics |
| ISBN | 1599214989 |
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I received Tales from a Dog Catcher as part of a book giveaway from Goodreads. I had forgotten I'd requested it and, to be honest, had low expectations.
Tales from a Dog Catcher is a collection of essays recounting the author's experiences...
| Author | Leigh Brill |
| ISBN | 0984325654 |
The true life story of a dog who changed everything for one woman.
For the first time in my life, I didn't need to pretend, I didn't need to be tough: I only needed to be honest. "I have cerebral palsy. I walk funny and my balance is bad. I fall a lot. My hands shake, too. That means I'm not so good at carrying...
In a remote outpost of Now Zad, in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, Pen Farthing and his troop of young Royal Marines survive frequent engagements with the Taliban and forge links with the local community. Pen's tour of duty will change his life forever, but for entirely unexpected reasons ...
Appalled...
| Author | Terri Crisp |
| ISBN | 0671522787 |
This is the one book that got me involved in animal rescue back in 1998 when I first read it. Written after the devastation of Hurricane Andrew in south Florida, it highlights the hard work and total frustration that animal rescue workers endure to try to save even one terrified animal left behind in the...
| Author | Nick Trout |
| ISBN | 0767931971 |
A book guaranteed to touch anyone who has ever had a beloved pet…
From instant New York Times bestseller, Dr. Nick Trout comes another touching and heartfelt story from the front lines of veterinary medicine—the story of two dogs who forever changed the way he thought about...
Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Loved
| Author | Laurie Williams |
| ISBN | 0975561812 |
Gus was a lucky dog. Injured and abandoned, he could have become another of the 7 million animals euthanized every year. Then Stephanie Williams entered the picture. A successful journalist, she had been diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer at the age of 30. On medical leave and living alone, she...
| Author | Gene Weingarten |
| ISBN | 1416534997 |
Calling all fleabags! As a big fan of geriatric canines, I howled for this book from the moment I heard about it. And, I realized quickly I was barking up the right tree here with purchase of an expensive hardback book in which the authors were clearly not dogging it. I am growling, however, because this...
| Author | Megan McMorris |
| ISBN | 1580051634 |
They may be known as man's best friend, but as the writers in this poignant, funny, and dramatic collection know, there's no gender divide when it comes to canines. Whether walking down the street, gathering at the dog park, hitting the open road, or spending one too many nights together on the couch in...
A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere
| Author | Jana Kohl |
| ISBN | 1416564039 |
When you meet Baby, the first thing you notice is her limp. She only has three legs, you see -- she lost one following years of mistreatment at a puppy mill. But spend a little more time with Baby and her irrepressible "Ma," Jana Kohl, and you'll hear the story of how this gentle creature has gone from puppy-mill...
| Author | Emily Yoffe |
| ISBN | 1582345651 |
"The best dog books are as much about people as they are about dogs, and What the Dog Did is one of the best."—Jon Katz, author of The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
Dave Barry meets The Secret Lives of Dogs in Emily Yoffe's funny and insightful look at all things canine. Filled with adventures of heroic dogs,...
| Author | Jon Katz |
| ISBN | 0345502698 |
In Soul of a Dog, Izzy & Lenore, A Good Dog, and other acclaimed works, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz has written meaningfully about the cherished bond between humans and animals—especially our intense connection to our pets. Now, in this moving and thoughtful book, Katz addresses...
| Author | Christine Sullivan |
| ISBN | 0312596286 |
Set against the backdrop of the war in Afghanistan, Saving Cinnamon chronicles the love story of Navy Reservist Mark Feffer and a stray puppy he bonded with while stationed outside of Kandahar. When Mark is about to return stateside, he decides to adopt Cinnamon and sets up her transport back to the...
| Author | Stanley Coren |
| ISBN | 1439189218 |
"For Christmas the woman who would become my wife bought me a dog—a little terrier. The next year her Christmas gift to me was a shotgun. Most of the people in my family believe that those two gifts were not unrelated." So begins Born to Bark, the charming new memoir by psychologist and beloved dog...
| Author | Eve Marie Mont |
| ISBN | 0425234789 |
A delightful debut novel about a woman coming to terms with past disappointments and forging a bright new future-man and dog included.
Noelle Ryan works as a veterinary technician at a New England animal shelter, helping pets find homes. If only it were as easy to find one for herself. After...
| Author | Glenn Plaskin |
| ISBN | 1599952548 |
For families and animal lovers everywhere, Katie Up and Down the Hall is the transcendent tale of how three generations of strangers and an astutely intelligent dog create their own little family in a waterside community along the Hudson River.
It all begins with a random meeting between a...
| Author | Bruce Goldstein |
| ISBN | 1568583842 |
To Bruce Goldstein-an edgy, twenty-something New Yorker trying to make his mark in advertising-just waking up in the morning was an ordeal. Underemployed and recently dumped, he was well into the downward spiral of bipolar disorder. Even with therapy, lithium, Paxil, Wellbutrin, and Prozac, he...
| Author | Ted Kerasote |
| ISBN | 0547386087 |
Since the publication of the best-selling Merle’s Door, Ted Kerasote has received thousands of e-mails asking two questions: “Have you gotten another dog?” and “Are you writing a new book?” Pukka: The Pup After Merle answers both, in the most heartwarming way.
Told in Pukka’s...
| Author | Dana Jennings |
| ISBN | 0385532830 |
A must-read for every dog lover—a short, tender, and uplifting tale of a cancer survivor and the life lessons shared with him by his beloved family dog.
Our dogs come into our lives as “just the family pet,” but before we know it they become drinking buddies and fuzzy shrinks, playmates...
| Author | Anne Calcagno |
| ISBN | 1452834989 |
"This debut novel is a page-turning drama about familial devotion. Set in contemporary Chicago, it is the harrowing story of Dirk, a young motherless man starved for his self-centered father's approval. A rescued pit bull alters their lives irrevocably, embroiling them in the terrible misuses to...
| Author | Jo Coudert |
| ISBN | 0373892306 |
In this charming collection of nineteen stories, you can't help but fall in love with the unlucky fawn who is saved by a nursing home, the troublesome rabbit who warms her way into a new family and the good (German) shepherd who comforts the sick. These are stories of hope, humor, triumph, loyalty, compassion,...
| Author | Julie A. Bjelland |
| ISBN | 0312598971 |
A comprehensive dog training and puppy training program that offers the added benefit of one-on-one online advice from the author
Do you consider your dog part of the family? Most dog guardians do. But just like children, dogs need structure. Structure to show him that he shouldn't jump on...
