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Oogy Paperback – October 18, 2011

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In the bestselling tradition of Rescuing Sprite comes the story of a puppy brought back from the brink of death, and the family he adopted.

In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep. What would begin as a terrible day suddenly got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen--one who was missing an ear and had half his face covered in scar tissue--ran up to them and captured their hearts. The dog had been used as bait for fighting dogs when he was just a few months old. He had been thrown in a cage and left to die until the police rescued him and the staff at Ardmore Animal Hospital saved his life. The Levins, whose sons are themselves adopted, were unable to resist Oogy's charms, and decided to take him home.

Heartwarming and redemptive, Oogy is the story of the people who were determined to rescue this dog against all odds, and of the family who took him home, named him "Oogy" (an affectionate derivative of ugly), and made him one of their own.

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"Highly recommended for anyone (that's all of us) in need of inspiration."―Library Journal (Starred review)

"As remarkable in spirit as he is distinctive in appearance, the extraordinary Oogy receives a hero's biography from adoring Levin."―Publishers Weekly

"Oogy's story confirms what Dewey taught me years ago...that even a wounded animal tossed aside is capable of amazing joy if given love and respect by the human chosen to share life with them."―Vicki Myron, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

"An incredible story about an unforgettable dog. Get ready to make a very big place in your heart for OOGY. Because you're going to fall in love with this dog. And, this book."―Gary David Goldberg, creator of Family Ties and Brooklyn Bridge and author of Sit, Ubu, Sit

"This is a story about what can happen when the worst in people meets the best in people and the best wins. In spite of its subject, this is a gentle tale of one man's love for his dog and the angels along the way who brought Oogy into his life."―-Susan Richards, New York Times-bestselling author of Chosen by a Horse and Saddled

"At its heart, OOGY is a love story between a kind and generous man and an astonishing dog, reassuring in its affirmation that all the seemingly random pieces of life somehow belong together. This book is well worth spending time with."―Mary Nethery, co-author of the New York Times-bestselling Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle

"The story of Oogy proves that the human-canine bond doesn't depend on outward beauty. Oogy's love for the Levins, and theirs for him, will touch the heart of anyone who reads his story."―-Sharon Sakson, author of Paws & Effect: The Healing Power of Dogs

About the Author

Larry Levin was born in Philadelphia, PA, and lived in various parts of the country, including New England and the Pacific Northwest, before returning to the Philadelphia area. He has been a lawyer for over thirty years, and is now in private practice. In 1982, he married Jennifer Berke, an attorney. Their sons, Noah and Dan, were born in 1990. Oogy is Larry's first book.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (October 18, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 241 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0446546305
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446546300
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.61 x 8 inches

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Larry Levin and his family live in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA. He is an attorney in solo practice. He and his wife, Jennifer, have been married for twenty-six years. Their sons, Noah and Dan, are eighteen. Oogy is eight.

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Sara Scott

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Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023

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Oogy highlights the good side of humanity, which is brought out by the actions of evil humans - so many people's lives are intertwined and brought full circle through love for Oogy, who's greater purpose in life was fulfilled by spreading love, acceptance and awareness everywhere he went
#spoileralert, had to pause several times b/c it's impossible to read thru tears!

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Rev Dr John Benjamin David Tatum DD PhD

A dog that by looks and breed reputation, was not a prime pick…

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2023

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But he turned out to be a loving dog to a family. Proved the thoughts of those who rejected him and his breed wrong. He was the perfect dog for his family, and the family was perfect for him. Well worth the read if you love dogs and want a feel-good story that is 100% true.

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David D. Johnson

Oogy...What a Blessing!

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2013

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Some of the critics did mention how at the beginning, the book went very slowly...which it did. Oogy I then thought, "Why would someone write a story about a super dog and have it be so much of a sleeper?"

Oogy turned out to be the product of a dog fighting bunch that used him as a "Bait Dog" since he wouldn't fight and as a result he was terribly injured and the gang left him for dead. Happily, some very kind cops and animal health folks decided to take care of him.

The author and family had taken their old cat to the vet so she could be euthanized and in a serindipidy kind of setting passed Oogy being taken out for a walk. Oogy went nuts for the author and his twin boys and the rest is history, as they say.

The author's family discovered by accident that Oogy was in fact a Dogo Argintino, a breed developed in the 1920's for help in combating the huge epidemic in feral giant wild boars in Argentina.

The Dogo is really a giant Pit Bull/Stafforshire on steroids generally weighing in at between 75 and 125 pounds. (Oogy weighed about 75 pounds since he'd been so abused).

The blessing about the Dogo is that the breed was made into one that was absolutely the best and most protective around its family and the family's friends. It was common in the Levin houshold to see the twin boys and their friends on the family's couch with Oogy sound asleep across the whole bunch.

Don't worry, this book does not end with Oogy passing away...so don't be affraid of that since I am too. Anyway, just buy the book; I guarantee you will love it. I read most of the remainder of the book on the way home on the five hour US Air flight from Washington, DC back to Phoenix. (For some reason my eyes sprung a leak on the way home...must have been an alergic reaction to 39,000 feet).

My wife and I are now looking for a Dogo for us. We have 2 and 1/2 acres for him to run plus I need the excercise too!

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Erica B

Amazing.

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2023

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This book is an amazing story of love and caring and the ability to overcome great challenges. Bless the Levin family and all those who helped Oogy. I know he knows how much he was loved and one day will romp with his family again.

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2011

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I was in my local library looking at books when I saw the book on Oogy. Since I got my Kindle, I hardly ever check a book out. So I when I got home, I came and read the reviews with the ultimate intent on purchasing Oogy for my Kindle. There seemed like quite a few reviewers unhappy with the "I's" or the "IIIIIIII". I got a little skiddish about hit the buy button, who wants to read a book of "I's"? My wish to "meet" Oogy and read his story outweighed the unhappy "I's" reviewers. Might I say, I'm happy I chose to follow through and purchase the book and get to know Oogy.

I will say there are quite a few "I's" in the First Chapter but I think that was the author's intent to show the reader what the normal routine is in getting up and getting the morning going in the household when you have a dog to let outside, two twin boys to feed breakfast and get them off to school, plus have coffee ready for your wife before she leaves to work....then get ready yourself. Between all of this in setting up the story of the book and the fact that it is written in first person, I got through the first chapters of "I's" and then to me any other "I" I saw, it was just because the book is written in first person.

As someone who has rescued two dogs (both cocker spaniels) and have encountered just how inhumane some people can be, Oogy was so lucky to have found the Levine family....or is it really the other way around? Larry, Noah, Dan and Jennifer were lucky to have found Oogy who became another member to their family? I've often thought that those I've rescued seem to know what someone has done for them to get them out of harm and into a home were there is an abundance of love and no more harm will come to them. My cockers seemed to know it and as I read along in Oogy's story, I could tell that Oogy most assuredly knew it and experienced "family" and the truest sense of love and belonging.

Ardmore Hospital went way beyond in their fight to keep Oogy alive, after he was fight bait, was beyond being a mere animal hospital. Although most Animal Hospitals try, there are some that take it a step further, like Ardmore, to give it all they have and then some. I've have vets and than I've had the priviledge to encounter an animal clinic on par of Admore. During the course of the book Ardmore have done some AMAZING medical procedures on and for Oogy! Although I could sympathsize with Oogy for having the reserve in him to endure and make it through all the surgeries, I could also empathsize with Oogy and his ACL surgeries. It ain't easy...my cocker has had 3 ACL surgeries this year.

The book spans from when the twins were adopted and as they grow up, by the end of the book they are going off to college. It was so good to read a dog book to where the reader doesn't get slammed in the heart with a death. (After Marley & Me, I turn the end pages very gingerly!) Yep, Oogy stays at home while the twins head off the college, and the bond between Oogy and Larry goes on.

I didn't give this book a 5th star because as a reader reading about this interesting family and also Oogy as the newest member, very little was said about Larry's wife Jennifer. Her name came up from time to time but I found myself wanting to hear or see through words her interaction as part of the family. It's always Larry getting meals ready. It's always Larry interacting with the twins and getting them off or picking them up from school. It's always Larry and sometimes the twins who deal with Oogy and his medical problems. To me the wife has to have been more in this story and the family that's within it.

This being said, it was a good read. I'm glad I followed through and read it. Maybe Michael Vick should read Oogy's story and know the damage an innocent dog and living creature obtains in the world of dog fighting.

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2021

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What a great book, if you are a dog lover this is the book to read. This human and this dog were meant for each other. I finished the book in 2 nights, then I read it again. I have a doberman, she is a rescue, she was turned in because she barks at squirrels, her former family had her from 6weeks old and turned her in at 8yrs old. She was so scared when I adopted her, but with the love and patience that I gave her she has come around. She is a great dog. She was due for her annual visit to her vet, I took the book with me and offered it to her vet to read. My vet told me she read it 5 times and that when she was in vet school in Pennsylvania she met the dog and the owner. This is a wonderful story, buy the book and read it, you will be happy that you did.

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Turtlelove89

Oogy, you are loved

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023

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A story about survival and hope. Oogy really is the definition of a miracle. No dog should have to go through what Oogy went through, but in the end he got to live a wonderful life full of love and safety. Great book!

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Janet

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2022

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What a fantastive story about a fantastic dogi have two bull terriers a male brougthy has a tiny puppy at 7 weeks and our molly brougth when she was nearly 5 months old and in that time she had 3 home ours being the 4th and in some ways she has been adnused in what way we are not sure but they are both 13 this year molly is my girl and i undrrstand evething she is saying to me and i understand evrrything i say and do its a bit harder for poor nelson has 2 years ago he went blind so things are harder for him but i wouldnt dream of getting rid of him because hes harder work now he deserves the chance to enjoy the rest of his life molly was very confused little think when we took her in she was food agressive but that was some thing we could live with and after all the yesrs she has graduately settled down and relax when eating so we think her adnuse was something to do with food no dog ever in its life be adbused what so ever all they want to do is love respect you and take care of you no matter what breed their is never a nasty dog in this world its the owerners that make them nasty this book was fantastic to read i cried laugh smiled and its a book i will never get rid of i shall read it again and again to remind that thrre are nice people out in this world that do good for 2 legs and 4 gpd bless you for what you have done if oogy is still alive id love to read more about him i wish there was more like you and your family in this world thats for sure best wishes to you and your family xx

Marie-Louise Göransson

Ein muss !

Reviewed in Germany on March 21, 2015

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Alle Hundeliebhaber - sofort lesen und Oogys spannende Hundeleben verfolgen. Gut und engagiert geschrieben und muss ich bald wieder lesen !!!,

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Amber

A MUST READ!

Reviewed in Canada on October 7, 2013

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Probably one of those most heartfelt book I've ever read. It brought tears to my eyes what this dog endured in his early years. It lets the reader into what having a pit bull is really like, what the breed is truly like. This dog is the face of the epidemic that is the horrific and unfortunate world of dog fighting. He is a survivor and a true kind sweet spirit. This is a must read for all animal lovers. Started yesterday I could not put it down until it was finished. It touches my heart there are people in this world that have been in this dogs life after he was rescued that did all they could do for this dog. People that were able to look past his breed, his short past in dog fighting as a 2 month old bait dog, and give this dog the life he deserved are just amazing people

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Isabella Capra

troppo dolce!

Reviewed in Italy on June 2, 2014

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una sola parola: Amore!! Questi cani usati in modi ignobili sono invece capaci di grandissimi sentimenti.. altro che le persone!

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Michelle Barter-Cook

Absolutely beautiful

Reviewed in Australia on June 1, 2015

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This book is so beautiful. The tale of a dog being rescued and given the love he does definitely deserve!

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