I’m getting very excited. On Friday I received a copy of the press release for my new book, Caring for Your Dog: The Essential Guide. It will be published by Need2Know on December the 1st 2010 .
I decided to write the book for two reasons – firstly as a tribute to my beautiful, brave dog Vic, who suffered from epilepsy from the age of 4-years-old and sadly crossed the Rainbow Bridge last year at the age of 13 and a half. He enjoyed life right up until the end and I miss him greatly. Caring for Your Dog has a chapter on caring for special needs dogs like Vic. Sadly too many people have dogs put down because they see a dog who has special needs as a burden. That does not have to happen.
The other reason was I wanted people to realise that instead of buying a dog, something that adds to the problem of too many dogs needing homes, they could welcome a rescue dog into their home. There are so many dogs needing homes. Vic was once one of them. Now my partner and I have Benjy, whom we got from the Dogs trust in Glasgow . My book has a chapter dedicated to the ins and outs of adopting a dog.
Here he is –
I’d better go now as he wants to chase him around the room with a bone!
Lovely dog and glad he has a good home
ReplyDeleteHe was given away twice. The 1st time the family were evicted from their home and he was brought to the Dogs Trust at 7 months old. The second time at 17-months-old, a lady brought him back in less than a week because he had a tiny ear infection. It cleared up within weeks of him coming to stay with us. We think it might have been down to stress or the sea air.
ReplyDeleteHe is a beautiful dog and we are so lucky to have him.