Rescued: What Second-Chance Dogs Teach Us About Living with Purpose, Loving with Abandon, and Finding Joy in the Little Things

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Discover the astonishing lessons rescue dogs can teach us about life, love, and ourselves

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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 Labs with large personalities as well as stories and advice from dozens of families and rescue advocates, Zheutlin reveals the surprising and inspiring life lessons rescue dogs can teach us, such as:
 
- How to “walk a mile in a dog’s paws” to get a brand-new perspective
- Living with a dog is not one continuous Hallmark moment—but it’s never dull!
- Why having a dog helps you see your faults and quirks in a new light, even if you can’t “shed” them completely
- How to set the world right, one dog at a time
 
For anyone who loves, lives with, or has ever wanted a dog, this charming book shows how the dogs whose lives we save can change ours for the better too.

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Janice Tangen
October 3, 2017
dogs, pets, rescue, family-dynamics Reading this book reminds us that adoption is a difficult but rewarding experience whether the adoptee is human or canine. Countless tales of the frustrations and joys of bringing home a grown individual we know little about puts the spotlight on the mistaken ideas we may have as well as well as the love we may share. There are too many abused or abandoned dogs who can enrich our lives even as we make a positive difference in theirs. Some of the examples here are hard to read because of the trials of illness that can come to either dog or human. I think that this book is well worth your time and money whether you have had rescue dogs or are considering doing so. We have had rescue dogs and highly recommend it, I requested a copy through Netgalley and am very glad to have read it.
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PETER ZHEUTLIN is a freelance journalist and bestselling author, whose work appears regularly in national publications, including The Boston Globe and The Christian Science Monitor. Zheutlin has also written for The LA Times, Parade Magazine, AARP Magazine and numerous other national newspapers and magazines. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway, as well as one other book. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, author Judith Gelman and two rescued Labradors.

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