Unlikely Friendships: Dogs: 37 Stories of Canine Compassion and Courage

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Dogs are so much more than mans best friend. Their kindness and courage doesnt stop with humans. Theyll befriend ferrets, monkeys, elephants and fish. Theyll rescue deer, horses, penguins andyeseven cats. Unlikely Friendships: Dogs is a special collection that features 27 new, true tales of canine companionship and courage, plus 10 of the best stories from Unlikely Friendships, Unlikely Loves and Unlikely Heroes. Meet Popeye, the Mastiff who helped 17 horses escape from a barn fire. Rex, the Belgian Malinois who learned to love and trust again all thanks to his friendship with a goose named Geraldine. And Chancer, a therapy dog whose sensitive touch changed the life of a young boy with debilitating behavioral and communicative problems. An inspirational and heartwarming tribute to our four-legged friends.

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This sweet, beautifully photographed title will elicit broad smiles from dog lovers and photography fans. Library Journal

The awh- and awe-inspiring stories and photographs in Unlikely Friendships: Dogs feature my favorite combinations: canines with all critters furred, feathered, and scaled, dogs with people, and, of coursedogs with dogs. I was amused, movedand at times astonished. I shouldnt have been: Dogs rule and these unlikely friendships delight.
Cat Warren, author of the New York Times bestseller What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World

This wonderful book shows the enormous capacity of dogs for love and friendship. The stories here are fabulous, uplifting, and a joy to read, letting us know how much we still have to learn about the dogs we live with.
Con Slobodchikoff, Ph.D., author of Chasing Doctor Dolittle: Learning the Language of Animals

Dogs win our hearts because they are all heart, and Hollands new book is packed with stories of canine big-heartedness. Her well-told talesfrom a rescued Chihuahua who pals around with a chicken to a Bernese mountain dog whos a lifeguardwill remind you of all we love about dogs and why we cannot live without them. Certain to be a big hit with dog lovers everywhere.
Virginia Morell, author of the New York Times bestseller Animal Wise: How We Know Animals Think and Feel

Author Bio

Jennifer S. Holland is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Unlikely Friendships, Unlikely Loves and Unlikely Heroes. She has written for, among others, National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, NPR and The Washington Post, specialising in science and natural history. She lives with her husband, three dogs and dozens of snakes and geckos and divides her time between Silver Spring, Maryland and a cabin in the woods near Charlottesville, Virginia.