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Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig

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Dianne's writing style is wonderfully engaging and she tellssome great tales about her adventures returning pets to their homes.The only thing wrong about this wonderful collection of stories is that it's TOO SHORT! Dianne does so much terrific work with rescues as well as returning pets to their homes, I can't wait to read her next book!

She's the one to watch!

This book is satisfying in many different ways.

Most of the stories involve work done by animal shelter workers. To those of us in the animal care profession they are an affirmation that what we do really does make a difference; we need these positive stories to help us counteract all the negative situations that involve us on a daily basis. Those outside the profession can gain important insights into just how dedicated and committed shelter workers (both paid and volunteer) can be to reuniting pets with their owners. The job is much more than scooping poop and doing paper work. Anyone who cares about animals or has ever had a special, loving relationship with a pet will enjoy and identify with the people in the stories. It sounds trite to say so, but animal lovers will indeed find the stories heartwarming, and anyone with a sense of humor will appreciate the author's wit and way with words.

It's hard to pick a favorite out of the 16 stories. Each is touching and interesting in a different way, and every one of them tells about a pet that the reader would like to know. Perhaps the best thing about all of them is that they have happy endings. This isn't a book that glosses over the difficult times encountered by each pet owner (as well as the animals themselves), but each animal does find its way home! The author is to be commended for telling stories filled with sentiment that still manage not to be sentimental.

Dianne Armstrong has devoted all her energies not dedicated to working full time as a nurse in an obstetrical ward to making sure every animal has a shot at a decent life. "Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig" is a collection of heartwarming tales about reunions of pets with their people as well as a couple of ones about pets that did just plain exasperatingly silly things that landed them in situations beyond their wildest notions far way from those who loved them. While it seems like a book of stories about animals and their escapades, it is really a window into our own human natures. We see our dark side when we learn how some of these animals got treated or how others found them so easy to discard. Then again, we get to bask in the joy of seeing a dog or a cat be reunited with the people who love them and missed them so greatly and who are prepared to go to the ends of the earth to make sure a separation never happens again.

My only frustration with this book is that it is so short. I could read stories like this for weeks. Dianne, give us some more?