Second Chances : More Tales of Found Dogs

Walker, Diana, Lufkin, Elise

ISBN 10: 1592281400 / ISBN 13: 9781592281404

Published by The Globe Pequot Publishing Group, Inc., 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Second Chances : More Tales of Found Dogs
• Publisher: The Globe Pequot Publishing Group, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592281400
• ISBN 13: 9781592281404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.603 pounds

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Synopsis

Every year, millions of dogs are abandoned-at animal shelters, racetracks, or on the side of the road. Many of these animals end their days without ever knowing a caring human hand, but some are fortunate enough to be found and given a second chance. And these dogs, often rescued from death's door, seem to have even more than the usual canine capacity for love and loyalty. Second Chances, is full of wonderful photos and words by people who have adopted dogs in myriad ways. Celebrities from Julio Iglesias, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Donna Shalala, and Oscar de la Renta to everyday heroes who have found dogs--from sleek greyhounds to scruffy mix-breeds--that have become service dogs, protectors, and friends, offering solace, aid, companionship and inspiration.

SECOND CHANCES is a moving tribute to the power of love between people and dogs-how that love has transformed dogs who were lost, and the people who were lucky enough to find them.

About the Author

ELISE LUFKIN has been involved with dogs all her life. For many years she worked with various animal shelters, socializing dogs to make them better candidates for adoption. She has been active in promoting humane education projects. Lufkin was one of the founders of New York City's Great American Mutt Show, a hilarious annual event promoting public awareness of the value of adopting mixed breed, unwanted and abandoned animals. She and her dog, Posy, are active in a Pet Partners program and regularly visit residents at a nearby nursing home. They live in the mountains of central Idaho.

DIANA WALKER is a contract photographer for Time magazine. Her images have won prizes and have appeared in many major publications including People, Life, The New York Times Magazine and Paris Match. She is the author of Public & Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency. Her work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the Chicago Art Institute, the Minneapolis Museum of Art, and the Center For American History at the University of Texas. She photographed people and their dogs for Found Dogs, the prequel to Second Chances. She lives in Washington D.C.