Found Dogs

Elise Lufkin
The Lyons Press
ISBN  0592286151 
Reviewed by Joanne Benham for Reader Views (6/06)


Millions of dogs are euthanized every year because animal shelters are unable to find homes for them.  Countless others wander the streets, homeless and starving, living on what they can scrounge from our garbage.  However, this is not the fate of all these poor, miserable dogs.  This book tells the story of approximately fifty dogs who managed to escape.  The individual stories vary, but each one has the same theme…someone cared enough to make room in their life for one of God’s wounded creatures. 

Award winning photographer Diana Walker has outdone herself with these beautiful pictures showing the bond between dogs and owners.  Each picture is accompanied by a short story from the owner about how they happened to adopt their particular dog.  The common thread in each story is not that the dog was so beautiful or outstanding in some way, but that each person felt, deep in their heart, that this was the dog for them.  It didn’t matter how the dog looked, how dirty or sick it was.  There was that certain something, impossible to put into words, which drew them to that dog.

This is a book that I found nearly impossible to put down until I had read every page. I’ve spent my entire adult life taking in strays and misfits and I found myself nodding in agreement with so many of the stories.   You don’t want to miss this.

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