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1) Stella
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 36
Language
English
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Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Charles tries to help Stella's owners to get her to listen.
2) Angel
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 46
Language
English
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Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. While hiking with her new environmental club, Lizzie sees a dog stranded in the woods. After a dramatic rescue, the Petersons decide that they have to foster Angel, an adorable Havanese. With everything this playful pup has been through, will she find the right new owner?
3) Boomer
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 38
Language
English
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Description
Lizzie's moms' have three friends visiting for a long weekend, when they get a call about a large mixed-breed puppy who needs a place to stay. Lizzie has to take care of the puppy without interrupting her moms' plans.
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Language
English
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""No Dog Should Die Alone" was the attention-grabbing - and heart-stirring - headline of journalist Laura T. Coffey's TODAY show website story about photographer Lori Fusaro's work with senior shelter pets. While generally calm, easy, and already house-trained, these animals often represent the highest-risk population at shelters. With gorgeous, joyful photographs and sweet, funny, true tales of "old dogs learning new tricks," Coffey and Fusaro show...
5) Zipper
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 34
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Lizzie goes up to the mountains with her best friend, Maria, the girls think that they're going to get a break from their dog-walking business. But then Zipper shows up and Lizzie can't resist helping this adorable pup!
6) Lola
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 45
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home.When Charles and his friends find Lola stuck outside right before a rain storm, they have a tough decision to make. They know the French bulldog has a home but she isn't safe being locked out during the storm. Do they take the poor puppy with them or let her ride out the weather?
Author
Language
English
Description
Amy Redwing has dedicated her life to the southern California organization she founded to rescue abandoned and endangered golden retrievers. No one is surprised when Amy risks her life to save Nickie, nor when she takes the female golden into her home. The bond between Amy and Nickie is immediate and uncanny. Even her two other goldens, Fred and Ethel, recognize Nickie as special, a natural alpha. But the instant joy Nickie brings is shadowed by a...
Author
Language
English
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Description
After choosing a stray dog from the shelter, a young boy and his parents proudly take Norman home. The little boy tries to teach Norman different tricks, but Norman just doesn't seem to be too smart, but they love him just the same. Soon they discover that Normal understands Chinese, so the family learns Chinese too.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this heartwarming collection of stories, readers meet 35 incredible dogs who have gone above and beyond the job description of best friend. Each uplifting story provides an inspiring look at the animals who change our lives. Meet rescue dogs who learn to serve others, working dogs who go beyond the call of duty, and underdogs who surmount extraordinary challenges on the road to finding their forever home. This treasury of man's best friend features...
Author
Series
Pampered pets mystery volume 5
Language
English
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Description
It was a killer party. Caro Lamont, Laguna Beach's favorite pet therapist, is thrilled to support the elite fundraising gala for Greys Matter, a SoCal greyhound rescue group. All the guests in the couture-attired crowd are clad in varying shades of grey, the champagne and donations are flowing, and there are fifty gorgeous greyhounds in attendance. But before the evening ends, a stranger in their midst is dead. Caro sets out to help the rescue group...
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Language
English
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The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stubborn positivity."
In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine RECON-the most elite fighters in the Corps-in a remote part of Afghanistan. While on patrol, he spotted a young dog "with a big goofy head and little legs" who didn't...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In the follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Rescue Road, acclaimed journalist Peter Zheutlin offers a heartwarming and often humorous new look into the world of rescue dogs. Sharing lessons from his own experiences adopting dogs with large personalities as well as stories and advice from dozens of families and rescue advocates, Zheutlin reveals the often surprising and inspiring life lessons rescue dogs teach us." -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"While dog rescue is one of the largest underground movements in America, it is also one of the least understood. This insider look at the cult and culture of dog rescue" weaves personal experience, cultural investigation, and scientific inquiry as it explores "what it means to devote one's life to the furry and the four-legged."--Dust jacket. The author chronicles his adventures at Rancho de Chihuahua, the New Mexico sanctuary he and his wife created...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Follows the Best Friends team of experts and volunteers as they struggle to treat some of the most ill and neglected animals they've encountered to date, including victims of Hurricane Katrina and a special case from country legend Emmylou Harris' Tennessee animal rescue. Includes 10 episodes.
16) Bear
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Even on a snowy ski vacation, Lizzie finds a puppy in need.
19) Rescued
Author
Language
English
Description
"When a truck carrying over seventy dogs from the South to the northeast turns up with a murdered driver, defense lawyer Andy Carpenter can't help but get involved. He's eager to help the dogs, many of whom come to Tara Foundation to await adoption. It's the accused murderer he has a problem defending. It's his wife's tall, good-looking, ex-Marine ex-fiancé"--From the publisher's web site.
Author
Language
English
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Description
From Marley and Me to Temple Grandin's groundbreaking books to Cesar Millan's television show, America's many millions of pet owners eagerly seek new insights into animal behavior, and one of the most popular sources of compelling stories and practical advice is DogTown, the National Geographic Channel's latest hit show.
A national rescue organization with more than 200,000 members, DogTown is the area where dogs live at the nation's...
A national rescue organization with more than 200,000 members, DogTown is the area where dogs live at the nation's...
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