The Resource The underdogs : children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love, Melissa Fay Greene
The underdogs : children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love, Melissa Fay Greene
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- Summary
- Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was "too disabled." Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. "How many people are stranded like I was," she wondered, "who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?" A thousand state-of-the-art dogs later, Karen Shirk's service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. Long shunned by scientists as a manmade, synthetic species, and oft-referred to as "Man's Best Friend" almost patronizingly, dogs are finally paid respectful attention by a new generation of neuroscientists and animal behaviorists. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with dogs with Karen's story and a few stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Contents
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- Juke
- 4 paws for ability
- Connor
- Karen & Piper
- Lucy
- Casey & Connor
- Karen & Ben
- Logan
- Hero dogs
- Iyal
- Shelter dogs
- Prison dogs
- Lucy & Jolly
- Casey & Connor II
- Logan & Juke
- Eddie Hill & Timber & Dante & Keeper & Jiminy
- Micha & Casey
- Iyal & Chancer
- Isbn
- 9780062218513
- Label
- The underdogs : children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love
- Title
- The underdogs
- Title remainder
- children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love
- Statement of responsibility
- Melissa Fay Greene
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was "too disabled." Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. "How many people are stranded like I was," she wondered, "who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?" A thousand state-of-the-art dogs later, Karen Shirk's service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. Long shunned by scientists as a manmade, synthetic species, and oft-referred to as "Man's Best Friend" almost patronizingly, dogs are finally paid respectful attention by a new generation of neuroscientists and animal behaviorists. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with dogs with Karen's story and a few stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Greene, Melissa Fay
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Shirk, Karen
- Service dogs
- Service dogs
- Animals as aids for people with disabilities
- Human-animal relationships
- Children and animals
- Pets
- Dogs
- Label
- The underdogs : children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love, Melissa Fay Greene
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-336) and index
- Contents
- Juke -- 4 paws for ability -- Connor -- Karen & Piper -- Lucy -- Casey & Connor -- Karen & Ben -- Logan -- Hero dogs -- Iyal -- Shelter dogs -- Prison dogs -- Lucy & Jolly -- Casey & Connor II -- Logan & Juke -- Eddie Hill & Timber & Dante & Keeper & Jiminy -- Micha & Casey -- Iyal & Chancer
- Control code
- 19538735
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062218513
- Lccn
- 2017303521
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The underdogs : children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love, Melissa Fay Greene
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-336) and index
- Contents
- Juke -- 4 paws for ability -- Connor -- Karen & Piper -- Lucy -- Casey & Connor -- Karen & Ben -- Logan -- Hero dogs -- Iyal -- Shelter dogs -- Prison dogs -- Lucy & Jolly -- Casey & Connor II -- Logan & Juke -- Eddie Hill & Timber & Dante & Keeper & Jiminy -- Micha & Casey -- Iyal & Chancer
- Control code
- 19538735
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062218513
- Lccn
- 2017303521
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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