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Paw Prints in the Moonlight by Denis O'Connor
epub |eng | 2012-09-26 | Author:Denis O'Connor

In the last few weeks of the summer term, whilst I was still very busy at the college, I had given Toby Jug the freedom to wander and play as ...
( Category: Cats February 15,2016 )
Stepdog by Mireya Navarro
epub |eng | 2015-04-01 | Author:Mireya Navarro

“Find a way to exercise at least three times a week.” “Take time for yourself—take night classes, craft classes, book groups, or just sit in a bookstore coffee shop and ...
( Category: Dogs February 15,2016 )
The Good, the Bad, and the Furry by Tom Cox
epub |eng | | Author:Tom Cox

In view of what he’d been through, it was probably quite surprising that Graham came back at all, let alone within a couple of days. If I had been homeless, ...
( Category: Cats February 15,2016 )
Harlow & Indiana (and Reese): Another True Story About Best Friends...and Siblings Too! by Brittni Vega
epub |eng | 2015-10-26 | Author:Brittni Vega [Vega, Brittni]

EVICTED Over the next few days, I came up with different ways to have Reese Frightening removed from my home. The first involved her food dish, which just so happened ...
( Category: Cats, Dogs & Animals December 13,2015 )
Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology by Caroline Paul & Wendy MacNaughton
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-09 | Author:Caroline Paul & Wendy MacNaughton [Paul, Caroline & MacNaughton, Wendy]

We drove to the all-night emergency room. I expected to wait for hours behind the Very Sick, but the assistant peered into the cat carrier, frowned, and whisked it to ...
( Category: Essays December 7,2015 )
The Secret History of Kindness by Melissa Holbrook Pierson
epub |eng | 2015-11-22 | Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson

* * * * In the zoo, we draw a frame around existence. In that way, it becomes ours, and diminished to possessible size. The animal’s sole value is reduced ...
( Category: Behaviorism November 23,2015 )
The Boy Who Talked to Dogs by Martin McKenna
epub |eng | 2014-10-12 | Author:Martin McKenna [McKenna, Martin]

Things were heating up at the horse fair. Horses were selling fast. Chance Casey and the other horse brokers were run off their feet, fixing deal after deal. The really ...
( Category: Essays November 12,2015 )
More Cats in the Belfry by Tovey Doreen
epub |eng | 2013-01-20 | Author:Tovey, Doreen

Thus it was that when the septic tank backfired (the outlet blocked, and I couldn't have a bath, and I phoned Bill one chilly summer's evening, and he said he'd ...
( Category: Essays November 12,2015 )
Rescue Road by Peter Zheutlin
epub |eng | 2015-10-12 | Author:Peter Zheutlin

6 HOUSTON, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I SEE TADPOLE FOR THE FIRST TIME, he’s sitting on a white plastic lawn chair on the front stoop of a one-story brick ...
( Category: Travel October 13,2015 )
A Dog Year by Jon Katz
epub |eng | 2002-02-18 | Author:Jon Katz

Four days later, at eight a.m., I drove Stanley to Dr. King’s office. Her receptionist asked if I wanted to be with him when he got the injection. Of course ...
( Category: Dogs October 11,2015 )
Pogonip (Angel Paws) by Taylor Jordan
mobi |eng | 2013-07-20 | Author:Taylor, Jordan [Taylor, Jordan]

~ ~ ~ Pogonip crouches outside the loading chute, the point of her muzzle just beyond the bottom gap. “Go on!” the boss shouts, waving his hat. The heifers start, ...
( Category: Collections & Anthologies August 20,2015 )
Notes From a Dog Rescue in Progress by Brian Beker
epub |eng | | Author:Brian Beker

* * * When Roo woke up from her nap, I got her interested in the stuffed mallard she chose for her own when she first arrived. She doesn’t really ...
( Category: Essays July 28,2015 )
When Species Meet (Posthumanities) by Donna J. Haraway
epub |eng | 2007-12-07 | Author:Donna J. Haraway [Haraway, Donna J.]

in the right spot, and had all my parts technically correct; Cayenne turned well and correctly too. Then, we just lost each other. Period. It was not a “technical” mistake ...
( Category: Humanism June 14,2015 )
Making Rounds with Oscar by David Dosa
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-05-05 | Author:David Dosa [Dosa, David]

WHEN I WALKED THROUGH the front door of my house that night, I was greeted by the high-pitched squeal of my son, Ethan, who raced out of the kitchen, arms ...
( Category: Essays June 12,2015 )
Dewey's Nine Lives by Vicki Myron
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-12 | Author:Vicki Myron

The next three years, from a professional standpoint, were the best of Vicki’s life. Sweetie, at first reluctant to move, soon met two lifelong friends and learned to love Wasilla. ...
( Category: General June 11,2015 )

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