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Off the Leash: A Year at the Dog Park

10 best books like Off the Leash: A Year at the Dog Park (Matthew Gilbert): The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril, Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway, Short Leash: A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance, A Matter of Breeding: A Biting History of Pedigree Dogs and How the Quest for Status Has Harmed Man's Best Friend, Part Wild: One Woman's Journey with a Creature Caught Between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs, Dog is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship, Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain, What a Difference a Dog Makes: Big Lessons on Life, Love and Healing from a Small Pooch, Little Boy Blue: A Puppy's Rescue from Death Row and His Owner's Journey for Truth, Weekends with Daisy

The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril
AuthorLaura Schenone
ISBN0393073580
Greyhounds, bred to be the fastest racing dogs on earth, are streaks of lightning. Beautiful, astonishing creatures, tens of thousands of them have been abandoned and destroyed every year once they can no longer compete and win.

The Dogs of Avalon introduces us to the strong-willed Marion...
Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway
AuthorPeter Zheutlin
ISBN1492614076
The extraordinary story of one man who has driven more than 1 million miles to rescue thousands of dogs from hunger, abuse and neglect and give them a second chance at life and love.

For years, Greg Mahle struggled to keep the last of his family-run restaurants afloat in Ohio. When it finally closed,...
Short Leash: A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance
AuthorJanice Gary
ISBN1611860725
Janice Gary never walked alone without a dog by her side-a big dog. Once she was a risk-taker, a girl who ran off to California with big dreams and hopes of leaving her past behind. But after a brutal attack on the streets of Berkeley, her youthful bravado vanished, replaced by a crippling need for safety....
A Matter of Breeding: A Biting History of Pedigree Dogs and How the Quest for Status Has Harmed Man's Best Friend
AuthorMichael Brandow
A provocative look at the “cult of pedigree” and an entertaining social history of purebred dogs

So-called “purebreds” are the mainstay of the dog industry, and expert Michael Brandow argues that these aren’t markers of time-honored traditions but rather commercial inventions...
Part Wild: One Woman's Journey with a Creature Caught Between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs
AuthorCeiridwen Terrill
ISBN1451634811
Part Wild is the unforgettable story of Ceiridwen Terrill's journey with a creature whose heart is divided between her bond to one woman and her need to roam free. When Terrill adopts a wolfdog—part husky, part gray wolf—named Inyo to be her protector and fellow traveler, she is drawn to Inyo’s...
Dog is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship
AuthorThe Bark
ISBN1400050537
Dogs have been our muses, our mentors, and our playful and noble co-pilots. They’ve had a profound influence on us as healers and spiritual guides, and also as co-workers, helping to guide, hunt, herd, search, and rescue. Our bond with dogs is deep and unbreakable, and there’s no better source a...
Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
AuthorMartha Sherrill
ISBN1594201242
How one man's consuming passion for dogs saved a legendary breed from extinction and led him to a difficult, more soulful way of life in the wilds of Japan's remote snow country

As Dog Man opens, Martha Sherrill brings us to a world that Americans know very little about-the snow country of Japan...
What a Difference a Dog Makes: Big Lessons on Life, Love and Healing from a Small Pooch
AuthorDana Jennings
ISBN0385532830
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...
Little Boy Blue: A Puppy's Rescue from Death Row and His Owner's Journey for Truth
AuthorKim Kavin
ISBN0764165267
When journalist Kim Kavin decided that she wanted a puppy, she did what millions of people do every year: clicked on an online photo and submitted an application. She had no idea that the adorable brindle puppy—advertised as healthy and near her home in New Jersey—was actually a last-minute rescue...
Weekends with Daisy
AuthorSharron Kahn Luttrell
ISBN1451686234
“A heartwarming and utterly charming story about empathy, hope, and letting go. Weekends with Daisy shows us how loving a dog can make us all a little more human.” —Lisa Genova, NYT bestselling author of Still Alice and Love, Anthony

“Moving… with candor that will win over readers.”...
E.B. White on Dogs
AuthorE.B. White
E. B. White (1899-1985) is best known for his children's books, Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Columnist for The New Yorker for over half a century and co-author of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, White hit his stride as an American literary icon when he began publishing...
The Rescue at Dead Dog Beach: One Man's Quest to Find a Home For the World's Forgotten Animals
AuthorSteve McGarva
ISBN0062014080
The powerful, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, story of Steve McGarva's heroic crusade to save the satos, or stray dogs of Puerto Rico, and an impassioned appeal to help all animals in need

Looking for inspiration and adventure in their lives, Steve McGarva and his wife Pam moved to Puerto Rico....
Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey with an Exceptional Labrador
AuthorStephen Kuusisto
ISBN1451689799
In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.

At the age of thirty-eight, Stephen Kuusisto—who has managed his whole life without...
Elle & Coach: Diabetes, the Fight for My Daughter's Life, and the Dog Who Changed Everything
AuthorStefany Shaheen
ISBN0316258768
The endearing true story of a Type-A mom struggling to care for a daughter who has Type 1 diabetes--and the incredible service dog who changes their lives for the better.

Stefany Shaheen takes readers on an emotional journey as she tries everything to manage her daughter Elle's deadly and unpredictable...
All Dogs Go to Kevin: Everything Three Dogs Taught Me (That I Didn't Learn in Veterinary School)
AuthorJessica Vogelsang
ISBN1455554936
ALL DOGS GO TO KEVIN is a humorous and touching memoir that will appeal to anyone who has ever loved an animal or lost hours in James Herriot's classic veterinary stories.

You can't always count on people, but you can always count on your dog. No one knows that better than veterinarian Jessica...
Why We Love the Dogs We Do: How to Find the Dog That Matches Your Personality
AuthorStanley Coren
A Dog's Best Friend
In Why We Love the Dogs We Do, Stanley Coren provides a foolproof guide to understanding which dog will make the best lifetime companion. He brings together his expertise in the fields of human psychology and animal behavior to provide a completely new approach to the dog/human...
The Second-Chance Dog: A Love Story
AuthorJon Katz
ISBN0345531175
From New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz comes a wise, uplifting, and poignant memoir of finding love against all odds, and the power of second chances for both people and dogs.

I had no idea that Frieda would enter my life and alter it in the most profound way, but that’s one of the beautiful...
Travels with Casey
AuthorBenoit Denizet-Lewis
ISBN1439146934
New York Times bestseller
People Magazine "Pick of the Week"
USA Today "Hot Summer Author"

A moody Labrador and his insecure human take a funny, touching cross-country RV trip into the heart of America's relationship with dogs.

"I don't think my dog likes me very much,"New...
The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog
AuthorPatricia B. McConnell
ISBN1501150154
In this powerful, soul-searching memoir, beautifully written in the vein of A Pack of Two and Wild, animal behaviorist Dr. Patricia McConnell recounts for the first time the compelling story of her dark past, memories of which are triggered by a troubled dog named Will.

World-renowned as...
Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs
AuthorCara Sue Achterberg
ISBN1681777932
When Cara felt her teenaged children slipping away and saw an empty nest on the horizon, she decided the best way to fill that void was with dogs—lots of them—and so her foster journey began.

In 2015, her Pennsylvania farm became a haven for Operation Paws for Homes. There were the nine puppies...
I Want to Kill the Dog
AuthorRichard M. Cohen
ISBN0399162038
“Has a couple ever gone to war or a spouse moved to another country because a pet came between them? Have two people other than my wife and me ever had such opposing feelings when it comes to domestic animals?”

So wonders Richard M. Cohen, who has endured the beasts his wife, Meredith Vieira,...
Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow: My Life as a Country Vet
AuthorJan Pol
ISBN1592408974
The star of The Incredible Dr. Pol shares his amusing, and often poignant, tales from his four decades as a vet in rural Michigan.
 
Dr. Jan Pol is not your typical veterinarian. Born and raised the in Netherlands on a dairy farm, he is the star of Nat Geo Wild’s hit show The Incredible Dr. Pol...
How to Be Secular: A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom
AuthorJacques Berlinerblau
ISBN0547473346
“Berlinerblau mounts a careful, judicious, and compelling argument that America needs more secularists—not only among nonbelievers but among believers as well. It will change the way we think and talk about religious freedom.”
—Randall Balmer, author of Thy Kingdom Come: How the...
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