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| 020 | _a9780062218513 | ||
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_aHV1569.6 _b.G77 2016 |
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| 100 | 1 | _aGreene, Melissa Fay | |
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_aThe underdogs : _bchildren, dogs, and the power of unconditional love _c/ Melissa Fay Greene |
| 250 | _aFirst edition. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers _c, 2016 |
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_a344 pages _b: illustrations _c; 24 cm |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aJuke -- 4 paws for ability -- Connor -- Karen & Piper -- Lucy -- Casey & Connor -- Karen & Ben -- Logan -- Hero dogs -- Iyal -- Shelter dogs -- Prison dogs -- Lucy & Jolly -- Casey & Connor II -- Logan & Juke -- Eddie Hill & Timber & Dante & Keeper & Jiminy -- Micha & Casey -- Iyal & Chancer. | |
| 520 | _aKaren Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was "too disabled." Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. "How many people are stranded like I was," she wondered, "who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?" A thousand state-of-the-art dogs later, Karen Shirk's service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. Long shunned by scientists as a manmade, synthetic species, and oft-referred to as "Man's Best Friend" almost patronizingly, dogs are finally paid respectful attention by a new generation of neuroscientists and animal behaviorists. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with dogs with Karen's story and a few stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families. | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 4 | _aShirk, Karen |
| 650 | 4 | _aService dogs | |
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_aService dogs _x-Training |
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| 650 | 4 | _aAnimals as aids for people with disabilities | |
| 650 | 4 | _aHuman Relations | |
| 650 | 4 | _aChildren and animals | |
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_aPets _x-Social aspects |
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