Pick-up Dogs How Two Rescue Dogs Save the West from Being Won

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Rescue Dogs
Rescue Dogs

End the annual dog holocaust. An estimated 3-4 million healthy shelter pets are euthanized each year because they don’t find a home. Only about 30 percent of pets in homes come from shelters or rescues. Unless you absolutely know that your breeder is responsible, why not adopt a dog? For starters, rescue dogs are not nearly as likely […]

Origins of the Adventure Buddies name
Origins of the Adventure Buddies name

It’s time to explain the origin of the name Adventure Buddies of Pick-Up Dogs fame. Five years ago, my then girlfriend-now wife Kirsten and I had left Marcos and Lupe, my two rescue pups, and headed to Mexico. It was tough to leave the dogs behind but we did, cringing as we packed the suitcases. […]

Criss-Crossing the Cascades from East Side to West Side with Dogs
Criss-Crossing the Cascades from East Side to West Side with Dogs

  Lu’s plumage, her long tail, wildflowers, and Mount Hood in the background. Mount Hood morning. Mount Jefferson and the Cascade crest accented with a slight fog. Ponderosa pines along a ridge in Central Washington. Marcos and Kirsten with the absolutely enormous Mount Rainier some 60 miles into the background. Mount Baker with glaciers unfolding […]

Village Books Event January 14th
Village Books Event January 14th
A review from a veterinarian

The book is called “Pick-Up Dogs” (Click here to buy the book) and it is a half academic, half personal journey into what our relationship with dogs tells us about our relationship with the world. Do we try and tame our pets and the world to our every whim, or do we open ourselves up to […]

For every book ordered, I will donate a dollar to the shelter of your choice

For every copy of Pick-Up Dogs ordered, I will donate a dollar to the animal shelter of your choice. Just post a comment to this post, our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed with the name of the shelter you would like your dollar donated to. Click here to buy the book

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