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Pawprints On
Amorous Accident
My Heart
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Edited by Jean C. Keating
176-Page hardcover
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Pawprints On My Heart begins with a light-hearted spoof about a vet's waiting room on a busy Saturday morning, and ends with a poignant celebration of an old dog's 16th birthday. In between are 31 delightful stories and seven poems about the companion animals with whom we share our lives: their pranks that make us laugh, their devotion and love that enrich our lives. Thanksgiving will never be the same after you meet the candle-sniffing cat that doesn't like cranberries and the enterprising collie who brings home the turkey, fully cooked and complete with pop-up thermometer. The owner and trainer of the first toy dog to win Service Dog of the Year honors from the Delta Society shares some of the comical situations in which the irrepressible Peekaboo proves he is still a lovable dog for all his remarkable talent. Meet the imperious Papillon who utilizes entrapment to regain her 'family honor', the fearsome looking Rottie who learns to purr from his feline friends, and listen in as a mother cat instructs her kitten on the catly way to handle humans. The book is penetrating, warm, witty and well-crafter. With its beautiful illustrations and moving prose, it appeals to animal lovers of all ages.
Pawprints was a finalist for the Maxwell Award from Dog Writers' Association of America as best dog fiction of 2001.