| The Dogs Who Found Me: What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind |  | Author: Ken Foster
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Category: Book
Buy New: $34.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 3486936
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 0786148853
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780786148851
ASIN: 0786148853
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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Product Description
Reluctant dog rescuer Ken Foster finds himself adopting various stray dogs, from a beagle abandoned in a dog run to a pit bull at a truck stop. The dogs offer a grounding counterpoint to his own misfortunes in New York City after 9/11, in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and during his heart attack.
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 great book December 26, 2008
great book me and my mom both read it and agree that this is a mustread
 Judgemental December 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book started off ok and quickly turned into a boring list of dogs that he did not help.He judges people for not wanting to help but he seems irritated to help. Don't get me wrong he's done some amazing things for some animals, but he makes a lot of snap judgements about people that he later realizes in the books were wrong, though he never seems to notice or learn from his behavior. He sees stray dogs and assumes abuse in some situations and does not try to return the dog to it's owner or try to find the owner which i can't understand. If the dog has clearly been abused then that is different....He seems to just like that he's a hero, regardless of the fact that he drove a dog into another state to a shelter making it impossible for an owner to find their dog. He makes the judgement on one page that if a person can't afford the impounding fee for their dog then they can't afford the dog, even though he could not afford food for his three dogs at one point. It's just frustrating, all the judgement that goes on. The story is not that good, if you can really call it a story. I put it down so many times. He seems like the "world owed me a living" type and anyone who does not agree with him is wrong. I did like the fact that he shows a different side to pitbulls in the book since they often get a bad wrap, because they are the chosen dog of so many bad people who will fight them, breed them to be cruel, etc. However, alot of his facts/tips about dogs are incorrect, and not thourough therefore he should not have tried to include things like this. For example- the best way to break up a dog fight is to have one person per dog pulling the dog by the hips....it depends on the dogs, and much of what he writes comes from just that- his own exposure to just his own dogs. It's not always a good idea to try and break up a dog fight that way, and it concerns me when people dole out advice that could be harmful for someone else. What is most disturbing is that for all his dog rescuing, can never turn a blind-eye mentality he seems not to have much heart for dogs at times. It's not an engaging or heart warming book.
It does get a little better before an odd ending, and has some interesting stuff about PETA on one page, and some resources in the back. Otherwise....not the best or even close that I have read.
Try Marley and Me, With Love from Baghdad, or Women Writers and their dogs. Those are better books.
Any thoughtful animal lover should be able to relate to this book November 28, 2008
It's pretty simple to tell whether you'll love this book. Do you love animals and agonize over the shoddy ways that they're often treated by humans? Are you interested in personal stories of how people's lives change because of the animals who come into their lives? Do you have both a heart and a brain? If you answer, "yes," to all three questions, it's impossible for me to see how you couldn't love this book. For me, it was more than just a charming story about rescued dogs. It was a deeply affecting story of how the man who rescued the dogs needed to be rescued by the dogs just as badly as they needed HIS help. Anyone who's felt the joy of having animals need their help -- and who has felt changed in a positive way from helping -- will love this book. I highly recommend it for those who place themselves in the groups I'm describing.
Heartfelt and Fabulous September 10, 2008
I feel I met a kindred spirit when I read this book! I recommend it to anyone who is involved in rescue work or may be interested in learning more about how they can help!
Appreciated by Fellow Animal Rescuer July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As we all know working in rescue, no one sets out to do this. This book is full of just those stories, the dogs who found the author when he wasn't ready and how he made do with each situation. He talks about the experience being in New York for 9/11 and evacuating New Orleans for Katrina. I have had this book sitting on a shelf for the last year and finally got to read it while I was recently on vacation and just couldn't put it down. It read just as if I were talking with any of my rescue volunteers about their rescued pets. Ken Foster does a great job of articulating the emotions and struggles involved in animal rescue. I think it is a great read for any of us as a reminder of why we do what we do.
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