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Seven Dogs
Seven Dogs is my 23-year-long true story of owning, training, breeding, and showing giant and rare dogs. But, it’s more than that. Seven Dogs is funny, sad, informative, and oddly enough, it’s simultaneously fantastic and familiar.
Seven Dogs shares my experience of bringing home my first puppy . . . of trying to get an awkward male to breed when the logistics were completely against him . . . of showing a nervous dog in the midst of pure chaos . . . of bottle feeding a newborn pup around the clock because mom’s milk failed . . . of discovering that a very large dog was capable of hunting and capturing the birds and squirrels that were stealing her food, and a whole lot more.
Seven Dogs also shares my experience of raising a puppy only to have him die in my arms eleven years later . . . of rescuing a show queen only to see her brutally torn apart in a fight . . . of rehoming a dog I dearly loved just to save his life . . . of having a 200-pound dog humbly submit to massive doses of pain medication as cancer ate him alive . . . of the unmeasurable joy of dog ownership, and the devastation of facing choices and inevitabilities that come with the territory.
Seven Dogs is a story that can be appreciated by just about old and young, male and female, rich and poor, from any culture and from every corner of the world. Whether the reader has ever had a dog or not, the story of Seven Dogs is an incomparable journey of love and companionship.
Seven Dogs shares my experience of bringing home my first puppy . . . of trying to get an awkward male to breed when the logistics were completely against him . . . of showing a nervous dog in the midst of pure chaos . . . of bottle feeding a newborn pup around the clock because mom’s milk failed . . . of discovering that a very large dog was capable of hunting and capturing the birds and squirrels that were stealing her food, and a whole lot more.
Seven Dogs also shares my experience of raising a puppy only to have him die in my arms eleven years later . . . of rescuing a show queen only to see her brutally torn apart in a fight . . . of rehoming a dog I dearly loved just to save his life . . . of having a 200-pound dog humbly submit to massive doses of pain medication as cancer ate him alive . . . of the unmeasurable joy of dog ownership, and the devastation of facing choices and inevitabilities that come with the territory.
Seven Dogs is a story that can be appreciated by just about old and young, male and female, rich and poor, from any culture and from every corner of the world. Whether the reader has ever had a dog or not, the story of Seven Dogs is an incomparable journey of love and companionship.
234 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 25, 2022
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Matthew Taylor
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This profile may contain books from multiple authors of this name. For other authors of this name, see:
Matthew Taylor - Humor and Comedy, Memoir
Matthew Taylor - Science Fiction, Fantasy
Matthew Taylor - Children's
Matthew Taylor - British football, Sports history
Matthew Taylor - Christian inspiration
Matthew Taylor - Christian theology
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May 2, 2023
This is a story of a family, from beginning to end. I love the character development—each of the seven dogs coming to life through the pages of this book one by one represents something singular, irreplaceable, and beautiful. It made me laugh and cry and see a little of myself in each one. I loved the naming process and the meaning behind each dog’s unique name. Exceptional story.
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