Gracie an English Bull Terrier A Handbook for being Dog Best Friend Dr Christy M Oslund 9781495322198 Books
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30 years of living with, training, and rehabilitating dogs has brought Chris into contact with a range of dog personalities. She’s helped both dogs who cowered in fear and those who were ready to bite first learn that some people could still be trusted. No dog in her experience, however, was quite like Gracie, the little English Bull Terrier she pulled from the fate of being a backyard breeder. Alternating stories of what life is like with dogs when one of them is an EBT, this handbook also offers recommendations for choosing a breed suitable to the reader’s lifestyle and temperament; tips for sale traveling, kenneling, and feeding; and planning for a dog’s future in case a person should ever experience unexpected life circumstances. It’s also a testament to the special bond that people and dogs develop and reaffirms that our lives are often richest when shared with a canine companion.
Gracie an English Bull Terrier A Handbook for being Dog Best Friend Dr Christy M Oslund 9781495322198 Books
Terrific book for dog people! I love the dog anecdotes, and I also truly enjoy the small vignettes allowing the reader a glimpse into the author's interactions with students at work, and her experiences with family and dogs in general. A pleasure to read! Looking forward to reading more from Dr. Oslund!Product details
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Gracie an English Bull Terrier A Handbook for being Dog Best Friend Dr Christy M Oslund 9781495322198 Books Reviews
This is a well written story filled with humor, love and helpful tips. The author paints a realistic picture of owning and loving a dog. Highly recommend.
I fell in love with an English Bull Terrier when I was a little girl. Heloise was an essential character in one of of my favorite books, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. So I was definitely looking forward to Chris Olund's new book.
Chris did not disappoint me. As she notes in the preface, every story has a dog. Her story has many.
Gracie, An English Bull Terrier, is part memoir, part a guide to choosing and living with dogs.
Billed as a handbook for being dog's best friend, the author not only talks the talk, but as she illustrates with personal stories, she walks the walk. Along the way Chris has the enviable ability to laugh at herself while generously allowing us to laugh along with her.
A prime example is how Gracie came into her life. Following up on a newspaper advertisement, Chris finds herself in the home of a "backyard breeder" interested in making money from their purebred dogs. While inside her head a voice is telling her to run (for many reasons), Chris not only leaves with Gracie, later in time she's able to foster, train, and re-home one of Gracie's sisters.
When contemplating adding a puppy to her pack Chris notes
"I did not want a winter pup as housetraining a pup in the Keweenaw during the winter is a fool's game entailing standing in snow drifts while 40 mile per hour winds whip through you and you're trying to encourage a wee animal to 'go potty' even as they are in danger of having what they eliminate become an icicle in the process."
Stories are told so intimately that I felt I was present in the moment. Advice, tips and suggestions are made with a gentle touch and wry humor, yet with 30 years of dog training and rehabilitation under her belt, also with great expertise.
From the chapter To Thine Own Self Be True
"My dad likes to say, in reference to me and my dogs, 'How much of a glutton for punishment can one person be.' The rhetorical response in my case appears to be, 'Nearly endless.'
In Dad's opinion, my willingness to take on high energy and/or problem dogs is a form of gluttony for punishment. In my opinion, I'm having a really lovely time."
And I had a really lovely time reading this book. Gracie, An English Bull Terrier is a thoughtful read from a woman is an authentic dog lover for whom "every story has a dog."
Terrific book for dog people! I love the dog anecdotes, and I also truly enjoy the small vignettes allowing the reader a glimpse into the author's interactions with students at work, and her experiences with family and dogs in general. A pleasure to read! Looking forward to reading more from Dr. Oslund!
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