Rover's Rescues: True Stories of Shelter Dogs and Second Chances

By Joy Lee

Millions of healthy, adoptable animals are surrendered to shelters and animal control facilities across the country every year. The reasons are many strays, abandoned pets and victims of abuse and neglect, but also well-loved companions whose owners can't care for them any longer. Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP) is one of the major shelter facilities in the Houston, Texas area, and has one of the highest adoption rates in the city. Many thousands of homeless pets pass through their doors each year, over 400,000 since their founding in 1972. Through a unique relationship between CAP and Rover Oaks Pet Resort in Katy, Texas, Rover Oaks is able to offer training and foster care services to a number of CAP dogs who might otherwise be faced with euthanasia due to health or behavior issues. Rover Oaks employees and employee friends and family members have also frequently adopted these fur-kids! Rover's Rescues True Stories of Shelter Dogs and Second Chances tells the tales of twenty-five canine visitors to our facilities. Each one has his or her own sad story as to how he or she came to be a guest at CAP and/or Rover Oaks each one has his or her own quirks and personality traits each one had his or her own challenges to becoming "adoptable" and each one has his or her own happy ending! Intertwined in the telling of these stories, you may find useful information about various common (and some not-so-common!) canine health and behavior problems and you may recognize some characteristics in your own furry children. You may also gain some insight into the potential challenges and rewards of adopting a rescued animal. For the millions who have done so, the majority will tell you that the rewards (though they may be down the road) and the undying love and devotion of these pets far outweigh the challenges! Kirkus Discoveries calls it "a charming, useful book of special interest to dog lovers."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441554947
• ISBN13: 9781441554949
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.