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Extraordinary Dogs: Inspirational Stories of Dogs with Disabilities

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I just finished reading " Extraordinay Dogs". you can"t help being inspired by these dogs determination and courage ! I laught and cried through the entire book . The author gave disabled dogs a voice that everyone should hear!!! "BRAVO " to this book .It will ALWAYS be one of my favorite books !!!

I'm not a person who can read a whole book in a short period of time but when I got this book, I could not put it down. I enjoyed reading about those extraordinary dogs and those extraordinary people who were able to see beyond the dogs disabilities. I also checked out the "pets with disabilities" web site that was in the book. It makes me think about the next dog in my life. Thanks Joyce and Michael for opening up our eyes.

I highly recommend this book to all animal lovers out there. The stories are well written and compassionate. Once I started reading this book, I was unable to put it down until I finished it. Some of the stories made me cry, others made me laugh, but they all filled me with respect and admiration for the selfless owners who have given their time, money, and above all,love for their "less than perfect" pets. Thank you, Joyce Darrell, for founding Pets with Disabilities and for writing this wonderful book!

In today's "throw a-way" society, I found Extraordinary Dogs to be a breath of fresh air!
It's an enlightening, inspiring and heartwarming read.
I ordered three more books to share with friends and the patients in the waiting room at my office!
Visit the website, [...]. You'll be glad you did!

This is an amazing book clearly written by someone who loves animals. The stories are short but they will be written on your heart forever. This is a must read for any animal lover, as well as anyone who has faced obstacles in their life - which is probably everyone! A great gift!

Overcoming the hardship and time-consuming nature of having a disability is able to be done if one fails to see or think of themselves as being disabled (an attitude that allows moving on). This book shows us that pets are able to do this - they can move on with the help of people and live a full, happy life in spite of physical hardships. We should work to learn from our companion animal friends and follow some of the lessons they teach us in this book.

The built environment handicaps us, whether we have disabilities or not. We should also work to build a handicapped-free environment that is accessible to everyone. We need more work done on designing and building handicap-free spaces for people and pets.

"Extraordinary Dogs" teaches us more about ourselves and how our pets help us, than about how we help our pets. It is through helping them that our lives become richer. This book has taught me that the symbiotic relationship between people and their pets, especially pets with disabilities (which have greater dependencies), is extraordinarily valuable.

Most of the stories in "Extraordinary Dogs" are very short, and a wide variety of disabilities are represented, including DM, spinal cord injury, deaf, blind, and deaf-blind. I don't know whether the contributors wrote their own stories or if a single author wrote them all, but the stories flow together nicely without jarring changes. I also wasn't offended by "alternative descriptions" language of the disabilities. It was also nice to have the little "blurbs" after each story title giving the names of humans and a bit of their background. While I don't think I know any of the contributors, it was interesting to try to find out. :)

How about a sequel, maybe with some cat stories??!!!! I'd probably have to have several of them. :D

As a mom to a dachshund in a dog cart ("Frankie, the Walk 'N Roll Dog")I could relate with everyone of these stories in Joyce's book. Disabled animals truly deserve a chance and Joyce proved that over and over again with these truly, heart warming, inspirational stories. I found myself laughing and then crying. My heart is so happy for all the animals in this book that were given a chance at life. Joyce proves in this book that animals with disabilities can absolutely live a life of quality. We just have to give them the chance.

~Barbara Techel, Author of Frankie, the Walk 'N Roll Dog

Joyce Darrell is a saint and her work as a volunteer rescuer of dogs with disabilities should be applauded. EXTRAORDINARY DOGS is a deeply moving read and I hope that people will choose to adopt more of these wonderful creatures after learning that they, too, can lead happy, healthy, and normal lives just like any other dog. Incredibly heartfelt and highly recommended!

I just received this book yesterday and I'm already half way thru it. The stories are great. I have a blind dog and I feel better about some of my struggles. You're on your own when these things happen. But I am glad to see that there are lots of dog lovers out there that refused to give up just because their dog was disabled in some way.

Thanks for the inspirations!