We Saved Each Other - Christopher Dale

We Saved Each Other

How Rescue Dogs Help Us Through Hardship
Buch | Softcover
223 Seiten
2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9433-7 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
Alternating between memoir and rescue dog owner profiles, We Saved Each Other intimately binds together shelter dogs, mental health and human relationships, exploring the tangible benefits these damaged dogs bring to us damaged humans.
Rescue dogs provide above-and-beyond value to humans at our most vulnerable: when we experience deep depression and severe mental illness; searing trauma and gripping grief; debilitating drug addiction; and of course, strained relationships with our fellow humans.

Alternating between memoir and rescue dog owner profiles, this book intimately binds together shelter dogs, mental health and human relationships, exploring the tangible benefits these damaged dogs bring to us damaged humans. The author offers firsthand experience with each of the mental health themes and relationship issues covered herein and discusses how his beloved rescue dog--a battered mutt with an odd name and a heartbreaking backstory--substantially helped him cope with these challenges. Throughout, we find rescue dogs compelling their humans to be better people--to push forward through headwinds, persist despite setbacks, and build self-esteem through the estimable acts of feeding, sheltering and loving an innocent, mistreated being.

Christopher Dale is a New York City-area communications professional and freelance writer who has contributed to several major outlets, including the New York Daily News, New York Post, Salon, The Daily Beast, The Dodo and Dogster.

Table of Contents


Preface

 1. Partners in Grime: A Desperate Dog’s Journey to His Humbled Human—and Vice Versa

 2. Trauma: Seeing, I, Dog

 3. Trauma: Two Birds with One Bone

 4. Addiction: A Hopeless Drug Addict and a Doomed Dog Walk into a Bar…

 5. Addiction: Johnny, Be Good

 6. Mental Health: Guide, Dog

 7. Mental Health: Rx Rescue

 8. Marriage and Relationships: V for Victory

 9. Marriage and Relationships: Yes We Canine

10. Parenthood: Doggie ­Bro-Bro

11. Parenthood: Foster/Mom

12. Grief: Good Grief

13. Grief: Ophelia (You’re Breaking My Heart)

Epilogue: Vectorious

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Dogs in Our World
Zusatzinfo 35 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 290 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Tiere / Tierhaltung
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Suchtkrankheiten
ISBN-10 1-4766-9433-8 / 1476694338
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-9433-7 / 9781476694337
Zustand Neuware
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