From kittenhood through the twilight years, our feline companions continually bring joy, love, and laughter to the lives of their “staff.” This collection of 101 new stories captures the experience of living through the natural life cycle with our cats — from the laugh-out-loud antics of kittens and tear-your-hair-out escapades of teenage cats to the more mature adult years and final stages of life. Stories cover each age and stage with all the fun, frustrations, special bonds and routines involved. The book also holds a special chapter about grieving and recovery when our feline friends leave us.
It’s a dog’s life. This collection of 101 new stories focuses on all the memorable ages and stages of our lovable canines’ lives. Starting in puppyhood and covering a range of middle and senior years to the twilight and end when our dear friends leave us, this book captures the entire experience of living through the natural life cycle with our dogs. All dog lovers will laugh, cry, and recognize themselves and their furry friends in these heartwarming and inspiring stories of puppy antics, teenage rebellion, adapting to an aging dog and, finally, having to say goodbye.
Of the two, It’s a Dog’s Life is the most significant for me. I had a dog from age 5 until I was 19 and although we don’t have pets in our family right now, if we ever did add one it would likely be a dog! I loved that these books touch on the delicate subject of saying goodbye which I think makes them especially great gifts to give when words fail us at that time.
I have a great giveaway for my pet loving readers! 3 of you are going to win a pair of books from Chicken Soup for the Soul, It’s a Cat’s Life and It’s a Dog’s Life. To enter, just leave me a comment here telling me about your pet, it’s your turn to brag!
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I have a wonderful golden retreiver,Joey aka as Houdini and a golden retreiver named Molly. Both have been adopted from Humane societies.This srory is about Joey’s 1st vet visit as an 8 month old puppy. We were at the vet’s inside Petsmart.He was handful for a young puppy and hadn’t been trained yet.So I asked them if I could leave him int exam room so I could check out. Well, he was left alone for only a few seconds when a vet tech checked on him. He got busted before he could make a mad dash out of the room into the store.Joey had his paw on the push down handle and was about to run.When we 1st got him he pushed the the handle on our glass screen door and scooted. Thus his nickname is Houdini.
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