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  • A Dog's Gift

  • The Inspirational Story of Veterans and Children Healed by Man's Best Friend
  • By: Bob Drury
  • Narrated by: Traber Burns
  • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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A Dog's Gift

By: Bob Drury
Narrated by: Traber Burns
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A decade ago former military counterintelligence officer Terry Henry joined his precocious young daughter, Kyria, on a trip to a nursing home in order to allow its residents to play with their family dog, a golden retriever named Riley. Terry was astounded by the transformations that unfolded before his eyes. Soon after, Terry and Kyria started their service dog organization, Paws4people, with the goal of pairing dogs with human beings in need of healing, including traumatized and wounded war veterans and children living with physical, emotional, and intellectual disabilities.

In A Dog's Gift, award-winning journalist and author Bob Drury movingly captures the story of a year in the life of Paws4people and the broken bodies and souls the organization mends. The audiobook follows the journey of pups bred by the organization, from their loving if rigorous early training to an emotional event that Terry and Kyria have christened "the bump", where each individual service dog chooses its new owner through an almost mystical connection that ignites the healing process. Incorporating vivid storytelling, insights into canine wisdom, history, science, and moving tales of personal transformation, A Dog's Gift is a story of miracles bound to be embraced by not only the 60 million Americans who own dogs but by anyone with a full heart and a loving soul.

©2015 Bob Drury (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc
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Loved ---a dogs gift

Enjoyed this book very much, did make me cry at times because I related to parts of the book in my own life. I believe in the cause for service dogs in this book. Would definitely recommend book, in fact I bought a copy of the book for my daughter-in-law, wife of an army soldier.

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