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Shelter Dogs |  | Author: Traer Scott
Publisher: Merrell Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 109627
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 1858943523
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.700222
EAN: 9781858943527
ASIN: 1858943523
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description
Photographer Traer Scotts endearing portraits of dogs living in American shelters are irresistible and heart-rending and make a passionate appeal to dog lovers everywhere. Some of the dogs subsequently found good homes; others were never adopted. The portraits reveal the strikingly intense emotion, dignity and, sometimes, humour and whimsy that Scott saw in each face despite the dogs circumstances. By documenting the undeniable expressions of emotion in the dogs encountered in her volunteer work, Scott raises awareness of animal rescue causes, and especially the need for more adoptive homes for abandoned dogs. This book of true portraits of fifty beautiful shelter dogs is a poignant and loving tribute to all dogs.
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 Sad stories, heart breaking, but too much advocacy of pitbull ownership April 3, 2009
T. Carter (USA)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Yes, I am a diehard animal lover. And yes, I am sure pitbulls can be bred and raised and loved and nutured to be great, humane, well behaved, BALANCED DOGS. However, in our society these days, it just isn't happening most of the time and unfortunately too many people just don't care for their pets as parts of the family but as more as a symbol of their material possessions. They breath, eat, love, feel, cry just like us. And pitbulls can become aggressive at the blink of an eye even being nurtured. Even when they are balanced. Too many sad, sad stories. And I hate it for the dogs more than I hate it for the humans they hurt. Because it is the human's fault that they are they way they are.
But........the book is great and the stories are profound and gut wrenching and uplifting all at the same time.
If you love rescue dogs March 3, 2009
Megan Cutler (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I work in a veterinary hospital, so naturally i love animals.. but I've got a weak spot for mutts, strays, shelter dogs and rescues. I purchased this book for our lobby, and then had to purchase another one for myself. The photographs are beautiful, the photographer captures them with dignity. My intention in placing this book in our lobby was to encourage people to rescue/adopt their next dog as opposed to buying, so clients could see the beauty in abandoned dogs. The book has definitely become a staff favorite, and I am so glad I purchased it!
Love shelter dogs! February 17, 2009
Brandi Bergeron (houston)
This is a fabulous book. I bought several for Christmas presents. The cover is beautiful & it looks nice on a coffee table. Her imagesand stories are beautiful. Plus she gives a portion of the sales to dog charities.
Beautiful July 24, 2008
Jennifer Clark (Albuquerque, NM)
I love this book. I wish I could afford the prints, but the book itself is a treasure.
 A disappointment April 9, 2008
C. Lindsay (Sao Paulo, SP Brazil)
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I read all the wonderful reviews and frankly I was extremely disappointed. I am a real dog lover and melt at the sight of any dog but these photos lack life. They look like mannequins and very few of them show the wonderful expressions we so often see in dogs and which make dogs so utterly lovable. For a book that is trying to tug at your heart on the subject of shelter dogs, it has failed spectacularly.
Give this book a miss.
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