My Life in Dog Years: A Poodle Named Henry & Other Melodramas

Coping with a lingering trauma from her childhood as well as her abandonment by a beloved husband of more than 20 years (he had made her feel safe for the first time in her life, and now, cliche of all cliches, he’d left her for a younger woman), Candida Pugh turns to her first love: dogs. But the dogs she impulsively takes on bring their own traumas into her life. From a giant poodle she’s warned against adopting because “he’s a biter” to a German shepherd that guards the house far too passionately, Pugh combs through resources as varied as Google, seeking help to turn these dogs into good citizens and loving companions. She succeeds, but not without heartache as well as joy and triumph, and lots of laughter.

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