Table of Contents
Foreword Wendy Diamond xi
1 A Bundle of Fur
1 Not Your Typical Puppy Andrea Peebles 1
2 Never Tuckered Out Tsgoyna Tanzman 6
3 Brave Susie Amanda Dodson 10
4 A Little Thing Called Sisterhood Sharon Dunski Vermont 13
5 Delilah, Take a Bow Joyce E. Sudbeck 16
6 A Puppy Named Runt Brendalyn Crudup Martin 20
7 Treat, Pray, Love Linda C. Wright 24
8 My Man Harry Kim Kluxen Meredith 29
9 A Little Sister for Hudson Peggy Frezon 33
10 Spider-Dog Andrea Peebles 36
2 Chew on This
11 All in a Days Work Tim Ramsey 41
12 Memo to Oreo David Martin 43
13 Dirty Dancing Meg Stragier 47
14 Hanger Rhonda Richards-Cohen 51
15 Surprise Me Paul Winick 54
16 I'm Not Crazy, I Just Have a Dog Stacy S. Jensen 58
17 Puppy Therapy Suzanne Vaughan 61
18 What's Your Poison? Shirley M. Corder 63
19 Almost Twins Marsha Porter 67
20 Playing Hard to Get Renee Willa Hixson 70
21 Destiny Lisa Ricard Claro 73
3 Who's the Boss?
22 My Fan Carol Band 79
23 Schooner's Big Test J.J. Kay 81
24 Barkley, Blow Your Horn Maria Mills Greenfield 85
25 Wonder Dog Jan Bono 87
26 The Good Dog Jennifer Quasha 90
27 Warning! Beware of Dogs! Linda Elmore Teeple 93
28 Hope and Kindness Susan Graham Winslow 95
29 Crawl Before You Hike Josh Gloer 99
30 A Loving Heart Camille Hill 102
31 Free Dog to Good Home Michelle Sedas 105
4 It's a Ruff Life
32 The Rock Lover Pamela Underhill Altendorf 111
33 Rottweiler Rescue Mimi Pollack 114
34 Sam's Sulks Joyce Stark 116
35 Sunny Delight Carol Huff 120
36 Living in the State of Joy Loretta Schoen 124
37 A Small Detour Jane Marie Allen Farmer 127
38 A Special Delivery Ava Pennington 130
39 Paws Off Ronni Pollack Geist 133
40 A Healing Friendship Beth Fredericksen 136
41 Throw-Away Dog Joyce Laird 139
5 For the Love of Dog
42 Room for One More Lisa Morris 145
43 Saving Duno, Saving Dad Cynthia Culp Allen 149
44 Scooby Knows Robbie Iobst 153
45 From Seeing Eye to Saying Bye Connie Greenshields 156
46 Angel Dog Mary Z. Smith 160
47 Second Class Citizen Saralee Perel 162
48 Mending Hearts Barbara Ann Burris 165
49 My Dancing Partner Elaine Ernst Schneider 169
50 Their Trust, Our Privilege Cathi LaMarche 172
51 Puppy Playdates Lynn Hartz 175
52 When Darkness Fell Kathleene S. Baker 178
6 Leader of the Pack
53 Time for a Walk Jennifer Flaten 185
54 My Dog Ate My Homework Colleen Ferris Holz 188
55 George, the Lithuanian Fish-Finding Dog Janice R. Edwards 191
56 Because of Barkley Kara Johnson 194
57 Wherefore Art Thou? Toni Louise Diol 198
58 Sandy's Gift Jeanette Hurt 201
59 Pointy Ettas Laurie Sontag 204
60 Rudy to the Rescue Charlene Dickinson 206
61 Cairn Mind Meld Janet Hartman 209
62 Personal Trainer D. B. Zane 214
7 These Old Bones
63 Old Dogs, Best Friends Jamie Lee 219
64 Who're You Calling Old? Rachel Neumeier 222
65 On the Floor Linda R. Frankel 225
66 The Gift of Life Dawn M. Hesse 228
67 Someone to Watch Over Me Saralee Perel 231
68 Hair Today, Hair Tomorrow Nancy Lowell George 233
69 Escape Artist Sheri Bull 237
70 Running Free Nancy Baker 239
71 Angel Sighting Wendy Greenley 242
72 Bologna and Cheese Stephanie Smithken 245
73 Twenty-Five Pounds of Strength Sauni Rinehart 247
74 My Purpose Melissa Face 249
8 A Walk Don Memory Lane
75 A Man and His Dog Gary B. Xavier 255
76 Doggone Wake Laurie Birnsteel 258
77 Two Bills Bill Zarchy 261
78 Meme Amanda Dodson 265
79 Tiny Dude Melanie Adams Hardy 268
80 My Sunshine Boy Laurie Whitermore 273
81 The Last Gift T'Mara Goodsell 276
82 A Boy and His Dog John Scanlan 279
83 Her Unforgettable Smile Victor Barbella 282
9 Over the Rainbow
84 Unexpected Blessing Robin Sokol 289
85 The Bus Stop Judith Fitzsimmons 293
86 The Last Hunt D.V.C 296
87 Letting Go Mimi Greenwood Knight 300
88 Saving Grace Kristine Meldrum Denholm 303
89 Double Love Samantha Ducloux Waltz 306
90 No More Pain Sue Thompson 310
91 Going Home Tena Green 314
92 The Cycle of Life Jeannette S. Richter 318
10 I'll Always Love You
93 Never Too Soon Kathe Campbell 325
94 Bearing Loss Lynn Ruth Miller 328
95 The Miracle of Return Dawn E. Hayman 330
96 I Just Knew Rebecca Vaughan 334
97 Teacher's Pet Sandra Frazer Foster 337
98 Maggie and Jake Catherine Kopp 340
99 Never Say Never Sallie A. Rodman 343
100 Too Happy to Die Marya Miller 347
101 Inherited Love Lady Harrison 351
Meet Our Contributors 355
Meet Our Authors 372
About Wendy Diamond 374
Thank You 376
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 378
