Word: A Real Dog Locked in a Shelter Cage for Eight Years Until...

by Florence Petheram

This is an exciting story about the unusual things that happened to a dog named Word who became famous when he was locked in a shelter cage for more than eight years.

First published January 20, 2006

Reviews

[Bev · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a kids' book that I ordered by mistake. It is probably written for about a middle age school child, but it is based on a true story and...hey...it's about a dog, so I took about half an hour last night to read it. The story goes that this puppy and his mom escaped from their yard, had an encounter with a couple of women, who tripped over them and then filed charges against the dogs for "attacking" them. Word's mother died of cancer in a shelter and Word himself spent 8 years locked up in the shelter while his owner tried to petitition for his release. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest dog incarceration on record. He finally finds home at The Pigs' Peace Sanctuary (which is a real place), where he ends up rescuing a bunch of animals from a barn in a fire and ends up a hero. Obviously an easy read. The link has a photo of Word and completes the story.

[Kathy Govreau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kind of sad but a good book!