Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul: Stories About Pets as Teachers, Healers, Heroes and Friends

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Carol Kline

Overview

Animals bring out the goodness, humanity and optimism in people and speak directly to our souls. This joyous, inspiring and entertaining Chicken Soup collection relates the unique bonds between animals and the people whose lives they've changed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623610555
Publisher:	Backlist, LLC - a unit of Chicken Soup of the Soul Publishing LLC
Publication date:	09/18/2012
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	120,735
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jack Canfield is cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor of The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is a leader in the field of personal transformation and peak performance and is currently CEO of the Canfield Training Group and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for Self-Esteem. An internationally renowned corporate trainer and keynote speaker, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Mark Victor Hansen is a co-founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Carol Kline is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the coauthor of Happy for No Reason and five books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Hometown:

Santa Barbara, California

Date of Birth:

August 19, 1944

Place of Birth:

Fort Worth, Texas

Education:

B.A. in History, Harvard University, 1966; M.A.T. Program, University of Chicago, 1968; M.Ed., U. of Massachusetts, 1973

Website:

http://www.jackcanfield.com

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii

1 On Love

Delayed Delivery Cathy Miller 3

Becky and the Wolf Penny Porter 8

Friends Karen Del Tufo 14

When Snowball Melted Bonnie Compton Hanson 16

Heartstrings Susan Race 19

A Different Kind of Angel Penny Porter 22

Home Joe Kirkup 28

Innocent Homeless Lori S. Mohr 32

Priorities Terri Crisp Samantha Glen 37

Pepper's Place Dawn Uittenbogaard 43

2 Pets as Teachers

The Gift of Subira Bettie B. Youngs 50

The Joy of the Run W. W. Meade 56

Summer of the Raccoons Fred Bauer 61

Things We Can Learn from a Dog Joy Nordquist 67

Birds, Bees and Guppies Erma Bombeck 69

The Star of the Rodeo Larry Paul Kline 71

Life Lessons from Lovebirds Vickie Lynne Agee 74

3 Pets as Healers

The Gift of Courage Roxanne Willems Snopek Raht 78

Saddle Therapy Sherri Perkins Bill Holton 82

Kitty Magic Lynn A. Kerman 86

The Golden Years Yvonne A. Martell 91

Swimming with Dolphins Roberta (Rusty) VanSickle 93

There's a Squirrel in My Coffee! Bill Goss 99

Finders Keepers Leona Campbell 102

Seeing Kathe Neyer 106

Guardian Angels Richard Wolkomir 109

A Real Charmer Lynne Layton Zielinski 114

Socks Steve Smith 118

Jenny and Brucie Cerie L. Couture 121

An Extra Ten Minutes Mary Marcdante 125

4 Celebrating the Bond

The Rescue Terri Crisp Samantha Glen 130

Lucky to Be Alive Christine E. Belleris 137

Dog of War Joe Kirkup 140

Turkeys Bailey White 145

Tiny and the Oak Tree Dennis K. McIntosh 149

The Captain David E. Sykes 152

The Woman Who Took Chickens Under Her Wing Earl Holliman 157

Miracles Do Happen Paul H. King 160

Darlene Sara (Robinson) Mark 164

The Little Dog That Nobody Wanted Jan K. Stewart Bass 166

5 Amazing Animals

Buffalo Games Gary Paulsen 173

Doctola Herbert J. (Reb) Rebhan 175

A Mother's Love David Giannelli 181

Daughter of Sunshine Carol Kline 186

The Eyes of Tex Honzie L. Rodgers 189

The Christmas Mouse Diane M. Smith 192

Juneau's Official Greeter Roberta Sandler 196

Simon Rosamond M. Young 199

6 On Companionship

The Ugly Pupling Angel Di Benedetto 206

Babblers Anonymous Kathleen M. Muldoon 210

A Damaged Dog Roma Ihnatowycz 214

A French Cat Jean Brody 218

Barney Gregg Bassett 220

Mousekeeping Faith McNulty 223

The Cat and the Grizzly Dave Siddon Jane Martin 227

Fine Animal Gorilla Francine (Penny) Patterson 230

7 Saying Good-Bye

The Price of Love Fred Bauer 237

Forever Rocky S. C. Edwards 243

The Lone Duck Marion Bond West 245

With These Hands Marty Becker 250

Soul to Soul Carolyn Butler Laurel Lagoni 254

The Rainbow Bridge Paul C. Dahm 261

That Dog Disguise Isn't Fooling Anyone Jennifer Warnes Shawnacy Kiker 263

Rites of Passage Robin Downing 269

Saying Good-Bye Carol Kline 271

Toto's Last Christmas Janet Foley 274

8 Petcetera

Good Neighbors Marion Bond West 279

The Cat and the Cat Burglar Laya Schaetzel-Hawthorne 285

Sing We Noel Toni Fulco 288

Marty Had a Little Lamb Marty Becker 291

The Ice Breaker Diane Williamson 293

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Susan F. Roman 295

The Legacy Jeff Werber 297

The Truth About Annie Judy Doyle 299

A Vet's Wages George Baker 303

Who Is Jack Canfield? 306

Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 307

Who Is Marty Becker? 308

Who Is Carol Kline? 309

Contributors 310

Permissions 318