Table of Contents
Introduction Callie Smith Grant 11
Bringing Honey Home Andrea Doering 15
Bruce Donna Acton 20
Dust Bunnies Susy Flory 27
The Lieutenant Who Had a Hundred Dogs Dusty Rainbolt 34
Dog in the Nest Dana Mentink 39
My August Dog Lonnie Hull DuPont 43
A Magical Moment Marci Kladnik 50
What's Wrong with Your Dog? Susan C. Willett 56
Working Like a Dog Sheryl Bass 62
A Racer's Second Chance Kathrine Smith 67
The Very Real Dog in a Make-Believe World Tye Cranfill 73
Just the Dog for Us Melody Carlson 77
Two Rotties and a Toddler Wanda Dyson 81
The Island Dog Who Refused to Give Up Leanne Southall 86
Part of the Solution Sherri Gallagher 92
Surrender Lisa Begin-Kruysman 100
Rusty to the Rescue Audrey Leach 109
An Angel Came Calling Chrissy Drew 113
The Shepherd's Instincts Wanda Dyson 116
The Bonus Dog Delores E. Topliff 122
Going Home with Mithril Claudia Wolfe St. Clair 127
Rescue Garden Michelle Janene 132
Leap of Faith Sarah Parshall Perry 136
Winnie Who Won Me Over Susan Friedland-Smith 141
Dogs Know Judy Anger, as told to Lauraine Snelling 145
Beautifully Imperfect Xochitl E. Dixon 148
The Great Jazzy Rescue Dr. W. Alan Dixon, Sr. 153
Finding the Way Home Denise Fleck 156
It Started with a Guinea Pig Missy Tippens 160
From Stray to College Professor Sandra Murphy 163
Dozer Rescues Olaf Maggie Sabatier-Smith 169
Empty Arms but Not Empty Heart Cyle Young 173
Survival of the Fittest Catherine Ulrich Brakefeld 177
Gotcha Day Jen Reeder 183
Strays in the Snow Lonnie Hull DuPont 189
The Sound of Home Susan C. Willett 193
Acknowledgments 201
About the Contributors 203
About the Compiler 213