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

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Therapy Dogs work for hugs, treats and…Drawings!
Therapy Dogs work for hugs, treats and...Drawings!

Marcos made some more friends this week. And we got this nice drawing from a young girl with whom we read stories like Green Eggs and Ham, Max, the Shelter Dog, and Dog of Discovery, which is about the Newfoundland that went on the Voyage of Discovery with Lewis and Clark. The kids are not […]

Village Books Event January 14th
Village Books Event January 14th
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! For every book sold during November, I will donate a dollar to the animal rescue organization or shelter of your choice. Just post it on the Pick-up Dogs Facebook page after your purchase. Click here to buy the book   Hard working therapy dog checks out the scene of Halloween morning. Skeletons and candy […]

Subtle difference between therapy and service dogs and the legal ramifications…

For denying a student permission to live in campus housing with her therapy dog, the federal government has charged the University of Nebraska at Kearney and five of its administrators with violations of the Fair Housing Act. The student enrolled at the university in August 2010 and registered with its disability-services office, disclosing two conditions: depression […]

The first few lines of Pick-Up Dogs

The stories of two rescue dogs collected in this book are just a few of the yarns in a huge library full of essays, poems, films, television programs, memoirs and comics that describe dogs’ faculties to make human lives better. Whether it be the bipolar woman who leans on her dogs for support, the young […]

Healing oneself by playing in the wilderness with dogs
Healing oneself by playing in the wilderness with dogs

  There is nothing that makes happier than seeing Lu and Mar run and grin when they are outside. It makes me giddy just thinking about it. Remembering the idea that they were orphans with no known mother or father, I am content now that they can unlock the freedom of the mountains to find happiness. Sister […]

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