Bark If You Love Me
10 best books like Bark If You Love Me (Louise Bernikow): DogTown: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption, Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats, and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelter, Best Friends: The True Story of the World's Most Beloved Animal Sanctuary, Tales from a Dog Catcher, Good Old Dog: Expert Advice for Keeping Your Aging Dog Happy, Healthy, and Comfortable, No Dogs in Heaven?: Scenes from the Life of a Country Veterinarian, One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog-Park Politics, and Organic Pet Food, If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You: True Portraits of Dogs, Dogs I Have Met: And the People They Found, One at a Time: A Week in an American Animal Shelter
| Author | Stefan Bechtel |
| ISBN | 1426205627 |
From Marley and Me to Temple Grandin’s groundbreaking books to Cesar Millan’s television show, America’s many millions of pet owners eagerly seek new insights into animal behavior, and one of the most popular sources of compelling stories and practical advice is DogTown, the National Geographic...
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 | Samantha Glen |
| ISBN | 1575667355 |
"Sinjin the badly burned black cat. . .who survived to welcome others home Victor the abandoned Australian Shepherd mix. . . the capo among dogs Tyson and Tommy, two tiny black kittens. . .who had something to teach us all
Discover Best Friends A Place Where Every Animal Is Safe. . .Loved. . .And...
| 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 | Nicholas Dodman |
| ISBN | 0547232829 |
Our dogs are living longer than ever thanks to enormous advances in medical treatment and a highly evolved understanding of what they need to thrive. No one knows this better than the faculty of the Cummings Veterinary School at Tufts, who treat more than 8,000 older dogs annually. Their...
| Author | Robert T. Sharp |
| ISBN | 0786715243 |
For the millions of animal enthusiasts in America, here's a heartwarming collection of tales by veterinarian Robert Sharp that relate the joys and misadventures of being an animal doctor in small-town U.S.A. With humor and compassion, No Dogs in Heaven? portrays the great and not-so-great characteristics...
| Author | Michael Schaffer |
| ISBN | 0805087117 |
A witty, insightful, and affectionate examination of how and why we spend billions on our pets, and what this tells us about ourselves.
In 2003, Michael Schaffer and his wife drove to a rural shelter and adopted an emaciated, dreadlocked Saint Bernard who they named Murphy. They vowed that...
| Author | Valerie Shaff |
| ISBN | 0821224972 |
I bought this book on a shopping trip with my Mom and my sister about 16 years ago and loved it then. Today I am cleaning all my books as I put them back on my library shelves and when I came to this one I sat down and read it again. Working hard eh? Only a 10 minute read but it makes you smile and also think just what...
| Author | Ken Foster |
| ISBN | 1599211297 |
Ken Foster knows that a dog can change a person's life. And that several dogs can change even more. For The Dogs Who Found Me, the author appeared in major media interviews such as NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and received hundreds of letters and stories about other karmic canine rescues. Many of these...
| Author | Diane Leigh |
| ISBN | 0972838708 |
"People sometimes ask, in light of the devastating and important issues that face us in our modern times, why the homeless animal issue is important, why we should be concerned about it...The homeless animal problem is a reflection of a society that has lost touch with other living beings, with the natural...
| Author | Bo Hoefinger |
| ISBN | 0806531290 |
Let's get this clear right away: I'm a dog. I'm 1'10" and weigh 63 lbs, and although I'm a mutt on the outside, I'm a purebred on the inside. My good nature comes from the Golden Retriever side of the family, while my stubbornness is clearly from my Chowchow bloodlines. I've got Rastafarian ears, a black...
| Author | Louis J. Camuti |
| ISBN | 0671554506 |
Here in paperback is America's favorite and most heartwarming cat book by the beloved cat doctor Dr. Louis J. Camuti. For sixty years he treated thousands of cats and mad so many house calls he became known as "the Albert Schweitzer of the cat world."
In recollections both funny and tender, Dr....
| 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 | Cathy Scott |
| ISBN | 0470228512 |
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many animals had to fend for themselves because their owners lost them or were unable to care for them. In Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned, Cathy Scott documents her experience working with the Best Friends Animal Society triage center to...
Ranch of Dreams: The Country's Most Unusual Sanctuary, Where Every Animal Has a Story
| Author | Cleveland Amory |
| ISBN | 0140867198 |
After reading "Black Beauty" as a child, Cleveland Amory dreamed that one day he would have a ranch where animals would not be abused, but would spend their days roaming proud and free. Now, the author of "The Cat Who Came for Christmas" shares the remarkable stories of the countless animals who have been...
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 | Jay Kopelman |
| ISBN | 1400138752 |
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
-E.B. White
This was an inspiring follow up to (From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava), tracing Jay Kopelman and his transplanted dog Lava’s transition back to civilian life in the US. Unlike the first...
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 | Terry Bain |
| ISBN | 1400052424 |
A hilarious, captivating commentary that gives us--finally--a true dog’s-eye view of the world.
• The Sofa: “The sofa is Position One. The sofa makes you feel as if you are with your people even when your people are gone.”
• The Toilet: “The advantage of drinking from...
Angelo's Journey: A Border Collie's Quest for Home
A Border Collie is brutally kidnapped. He escapes his captor and starts the long journey home, meeting a truck driver, a long-abused wife, a Marine, a cowboy and two grandmothers. Their lives will never be the same after meeting Angelo. Sometimes, all it takes to avert a disaster is the light touch of...
| Author | Paul Owens |
| ISBN | 1580622038 |
Owens, founder of Raise with Praise, Inc. and a certified evaluator for the Delta Society's Animal Assisted Therapy Program, has written a good, basic, reasonably priced introduction to dog training based upon rewarding "successive approximations" of correct behavior. Gone are the leash "pop"...
| 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 | Tamar Geller |
| ISBN | 1416938141 |
Every dog owner must make a choice: Do you want a fearful and submissive pet, or do you want a happy, joyful, and well-mannered member of the family?Tamar Geller's mission in life is to teach her cruelty-free method of "life coaching" for dogs and their people. Her revolutionary play-training uses mutual...
