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The Animal Anthology Project Published! Includes the Story of Frankie the Walk ‘N Roll Dog’s Therapy Work

Posted by Barbara Techel

From The Animal Anthology Project Blog:

Featuring stories from the nation’s most reknowned authors of animal tales, The Animal Anthology Project has been published. Contributors include notable Lois Duncan (Hotel for Dogs), Bob Tarte (Kitty Cornered), Sy Montgomery (The Good Good Pig), Irene Pepperberg (Alex & Me), Carl Safina (Song for the Blue Ocean), J.A. Jance (NY Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series), Dr. Marty Goldstein (Starring in Oprah as America’s premier holistic veterinarian), and Hugh Warwick (A Prickly Affair: My Life with Hedgehogs).

To buy the book either head to your local bookstore or go on amazon.com. To help The Animal Anthology Project and the Best Friends Animal Society buy a book today! Out of more than 1,000 submission we have selected our favorite 50 to appear in print.

I’m very honored and proud to be among all these wonderful authors whose story was accepted and now published in this book done my 16-year old Christine Catlin.

Enter Your Dog in Our Photo Contest- To Celebrate & Support National Walk ‘N Roll Dog Day September 22, 2012

Posted by Barbara Techel

National Walk ‘N Roll Dog Day, founded by yours truly will celebrate it’s first year this Saturday, September 22!  I created this day to continue to bring a positive face to all dogs in wheelchairs and to help educate others that they can live long, quality lives with their wheels.  I also want to continue to help educate others that Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD)- like Frankie had- is not a death sentence.  Frankie zoomed around in her wheels for six years, never really realizing her back end was wheels- she just knew that she could be a dog again and that was all that mattered.

I’d love for you to join in the celebration!  Have a dog?  Got a camera?  Well, great then all you have to do is print out one of the signs below and have your dog pose with it.  If you have a dog in a wheelchair than print out the first one.  If you and your dog support all the furry wheelie dogs out there, then print out the second sign (save the image to your computer by right clicking and save image as- then find image on your computer and print out as 8.5 x 11).  Check out all the dogs who have already entered the contest on our Facebook page.  I’ll bet you’ll saw awwwww at least once!!   If you don’t have a dog, we’d love your support by simply stopping by the Facebook page and “liking” it.  To see the prizes we are giving away visit the photo contest detail page on our website.