The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love Paperback - 2017
by Melissa Fay Greene
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A profound and surprising account of the dogs who rescue children and adults from the trenches of grief, disability, and loneliness
The Underdogs tells the story of Karen Shirk: felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease, she was rejected by every service dog agency in the country as "too disabled." Her nurse encouraged her to raise her own service dog, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. "How many people are stranded like I was," she wondered, "who could lead productive lives with a service dog?"
A thousand dogs later, Karen Shirk's service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring hurting children and their families to life. The frontiers of the human-dog bond are explored here with insight, compassion, humor, and joy. A cast of remarkable characters--scientists and felons, dog trainers and parents, children with disabilities and the great dogs themselves--together address questions about our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love.
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- Title The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love
- Author Melissa Fay Greene
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press
- Date 2017-02-28
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780062218520 / 0062218522
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.2 x 1 in (19.81 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Mentally Challenged
- Topical: Physically Challenged
- Library of Congress subjects Service dogs, Children and animals
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.404
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