Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Section One Growing Up with Dogs 1
Kate Munro Sibling Rivalry with a Labrador
Jeanne Daly Sonja
Hannah Jones Max and Molly
Melinda Tankard Reist Jazza, Monte, Ripper and Little Dog
Lesley-Caron Veater Rex
Carolyne Bruyn Every One of Them
Susan Hawthorne Little River and the Big River
Clare Healy My Puppies
Judy Horacek
Patricia Sykes Leash
Penny Jones Emma
Carol J. Adams Cyrano de Dogge
Section Two Ways of Being with Dogs
Renate Klein My Baci Dog — A Love Letter
Katharine Coles Confusion
Mandira Sen Sublime Beings
Anne Beech Talking Toby
Trudy Griggs Irreconcilable Differences
Coral Hull Landscape Photography with Dogs 44 Dogs and Gods 45
Finola Moorhead The Dog Trainer
Susanne Kappeler Django
Tara Middleton To Kill a Mockingbird: Something Too Precious
Regula Langemann and Suna Yamaner Ayla, the Fur Person
Susan Rhind Kuri
Meg Lees Nipa
Angelika Aliti Sully’s Eyes
Cristina Biaggi First There Were Four
Suniti Namjoshi Entente Cordiale
Sue Barber Pipi
Miriel Lenore the visitor
Suzanne Bellamy Thelma
Section Three The Dog of My Life
Kaye Moseley Nina
Claire Warren Gypsy
Doris Kartinyeri My Wonder Dog
Karen Lane My Life with Marx
Eileen Bailey-Styles Hector
Janice Raymond Cassiopeia: Queen of the Night Sky
Bette Guymer My Prince
Donna Jackson Bad Dog
Eloise Klein Healy For Holly
Billie Hamilton Smith My Dog ‘Pluto’
Robyn Rowland ‘Here’s Looking at You, Babe’
Laurel Guymer Maxi and Me
Christine Morley Bonnie
Titi Chartay Toots
Section Four Dogs and Home Life
Lynda Birke and Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes Of Doggies, Mud and Housework
Pia Cameron-Szirom Fun in the Tub
Felicity Thyer Friends
Bronwyn Simmons Thank You to a Dog
Kathryn Crofts Tipsy
Penny Crofts Connecting Family, Connecting Friends
Barbara Mathews My Granddog Tipsy
Terry Wolverton Requiem
Julie Daws The Canine Clown
Judy Barber Jim and Friends
Louise Allison Alice and Rupert and Dianne and Louise
Pauline Meemeduma A Suitable Girl Becomes a Suitable Boy
Dai Le At the End of the Day . . .
Powhiri Rika-Heke Her Father to a ‘T’
Barbara Palmer and Kay Graham Bunny the Stringybark Farm Dog
Kristin Headlam In Bed With the Animals
Section Five Dogs Who Make a Difference
Belinda Morris My Hairy Little Saviour
Barbara Heinzius and Martina Love Me, Love My Dog!
Sandy Jeffs The Adoration of the Dog’s Eye
Lyn Zboril Lyn and Ralphie
Emily Ballou My Poet
Kiersten Coulter The Zorya
Libby Hotchin Finn and Me
Elizabeth Diane (Judy) Kelly The Story of Buffy: A Small Dog
Delanie Woodlock smile forms in the place of scars
Ursula Blattman Branka
Sandi Hall Home Comforts
Shannon-Caroline Taylor Memories of Love Honoured
Section Six The Dogs of Our Lives
Moira Rayner Good Dogs, Heaven and Me
Rose Zwi A Tale of Two Dogs
Cathie Dunsford Watch Out for Falling Apples in the Garden
Alison McMichael Dogs I Have Loved
Kirstie Murdoch and Rye Senjen Haikus for Cassis
Anne Coombs Dog Spirits
Susan Varga Women and Their Dogs
Diana Mummé Terrier Woman
Sherron Dunbar Monkey and Other
Barbie Burton Angel
Jan Fook The Dogs of My Life
Judy Horacek
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