Product Description

Disposable Dogs is an unforgettable collection of 70 captivating, true stories of dogs from across the United States who were outcasts until they met up with caring people who recognized their worth--in some cases just hours before the lovable animals were scheduled to die.

Readers will meet dogs who are smart, heroic, funny, loyal--all sorts of special pets with extraordinary experiences to share. There's the young Saint Bernard who was adopted from a shelter at the eleventh hour and went on to become the mascot for a professional football team...the neighborly golden retriever who was abandoned when her owner died and soon afterward saved a toddler from falling off a cliff...the elderly blind mutt and deaf old mongrel who found each other near the end of their lonely lives and remained soul mates forever.

These and scores of other tales are sure to make the reader laugh, reflect, admire and, perhaps, swallow hard when an unexpected lump wags its tail in the reader's throat. Disposable Dogs celebrates the meaningful, wondrous lives that have been rescued by good people who make a difference.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #263453 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Jenny Tesar, science writer and author of 40 books
"Charmingly written tales of lost dogs who lived to enjoy brighter days!"

Jeffrey Vernimb, member, board of trustees, St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center
"A motivating must read for those involved in animal welfare or for anyone who just loves animals."

About the Author
Dog lover Steve Swanbeck started writing about abandoned and abused animals during his days as a newspaper editor. The stories helped many unwanted dogs and cats find new homes. The author's last book recorded the history of Seeing Eye dogs, extraordinary animals who help thousands of people achieve greater independence. Swanbeck will donate a portion of his proceeds from Disposable Dogs to help homeless animals.

Customer Reviews

DOGS ARE MAN'S BEST FRIENDS
A very pleasant book for dog lovers. It's a rather simple book with a collection of brief stories about various dogs and how they have impacted the lives of humans in a positive way. Most of the dogs featured are rescue dogs and many have been seriously abused. Some were so abused that they faced euthanasia but a wag of a tail showed their determination to live. All of the dogs show love and compassion to their humans and some become true heroes in every sense of the word. Others simply give their humans a reason to live and to smile again. Most of the stories are about the unconditional love dogs give us even when humans have been far from kind to them. I'd guess the author collected a number of stories about dogs and combined them into a book. It's a nice collection of sweet stories where most, but not all, have happy endings, but in every story a human was touched by the love and compassion of a dog

If we could forgive like dogs
These stories show the way dogs think, love, forgive, learn to trust again after horrible abuse and that there is more to dogs than we think. This book touched me, made me angry, made me cry, and made me cherish and look at my four dogs in a completely different way. I thank the author for showing me that the bond of love between humans and animals is something I had been taking for granted. And for those who haven't experienced it, they are missing something more precious than any gem on Earth.

Disposable Dogs
To think that these dogs were disposed! How many more have died suffering or been euthanazed - what wasted lives! But their luck turned around and for it, both people and these dogs lives were enriched; some even saved their saviours.

I think the message this book tries to send out is: next time you see a stray, don't think of it as a nuisance but a life that has value and deserves to be on this planet; a life that could have given so much love and care, if only his/her circumstances were different.

It's a good read, if only just to enlighten people.