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|  | | Paws & Effect: The Healing Power of Dogs
A journalist separates fact from fiction about what canines can do to aid human health.
!--[endif]-->o:p>/o:p>span style="font-family: Garamond;">For centuries, dogs have helped people by herding sheep, guarding their homes, and offering them unconditional love—but dogs also have the ability to save lives. In PAWS & EFFECT: i>The Healing Power of Dogs/i>/b>/span>span style="font-family: Garamond;"> /b>/span>span style="font-family: Garamond;">(Spiegel & Grau / Random House), Sharon Sakson, journalist and champion dog breeder, offers illuminating real-life stories of how our canine companions are playing beneficial roles in the lives of | |  | | Paws & Reflect: A Special Bond Between Man & Dog
Paws and Reflect explores and celebrates the special and powerful bond between man and dog through twenty-five stories of personal experiences in this well-crafted collection. Touching, powerful, and often humorous, this is a must-read for all dog lovers.
"Paws and Reflect is an eloquent, moving testament that this unconditional love has helped form a great emotional and spiritual connection between dogs and their humans that just simply makes our lives healthier and more complete."-David Frei, co-host of The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, USA Network
"Anyone-gay, straight, bi, transsexual, asexual-who has a dog will appreciate these stories of love, trust, caring and commitment."-The Bark magazine
The book includes interviews with Edward Albee, Jonathan Caouette, Ron Nyswaner, Charles Busch, and contri | |  | | Paws to Protect: Dogs Saving Lives & Restoring Hope
Paws to Protect is packed with true stories about the strong bonds that form between war dogs, police dogs, and Search and Rescue dogs and their handlers as they work together in dangerous situations.
Dogs have never been so widely used to protect human society as they are today. There are dogs on nearly every police force in the nation, working in immigration, customs, and fire departments—even for the IRS. Dogs are bomb sniffers, guardians, sentries, and arson detectors. They track live people and discover the dead. At border crossings and airports, they sniff for drugs, bombs, and contraband. They act as scouts, trackers, messengers, minefield clearers, booby trap detectors, tunnelers, water patrollers, lifeguards, and explosive seekers. The president of the United States goes n |
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