The Underdogs: children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love
(Book)
Karen 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. Author Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with dogs with Karen’s story and a few exquisitely rendered stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families. The book is a compassionate exploration into our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love. - Publisher
Notes
Greene, M. F. (2016). The Underdogs: children, dogs, and the power of unconditional love. First Edition. New York, NY, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Greene, Melissa Fay. 2016. The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love. New York, NY, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Greene, Melissa Fay, The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love. New York, NY, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Greene, Melissa Fay. The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love. First Edition. New York, NY, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
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