Rescued: What Second-Chance Dogs Teach Us About Living with Purpose, Loving with Abandon,and Finding Joy in the Little Things

Discover the astonishing lessons rescue dogs can teach us about life, love, and ourselves

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In the follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Rescue Road, acclaimed journalist Peter Zheutlin offers a heartwarming and often humorous new look into the world of rescue dogs. Sharing lessons from his own experiences adopting Labs with large personalities as well as stories and advice from dozens of families and rescue advocates, Zheutlin reveals the surprising and inspiring life lessons rescue dogs can teach us, such as:
 
- How to “walk a mile in a dog’s paws” to get a brand-new perspective
- Living with a dog is not one continuous Hallmark moment—but it’s never dull!
- Why having a dog helps you see your faults and quirks in a new light, even if you can’t “shed” them completely
- How to set the world right, one dog at a time
 
For anyone who loves, lives with, or has ever wanted a dog, this charming book shows how the dogs whose lives we save can change ours for the better too.

• Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway
• Saving Sadie: How a Dog That No One Wanted Inspired the World
• The Dog Under The Bed
• My Old Dog: Rescued Pets with Remarkable Second Acts
• Finding Home: Shelter Dogs and Their Stories
• Walking with Peety: The Dog Who Saved My Life
• Devoted: 38 Extraordinary Tales of Love, Loyalty, and Life With Dogs
• Saving Parker (A Forever Home Novel) (Volume 3)
• A Dog Called Hope: A Wounded Warrior and the Service Dog Who Saved Him
• Shadow