One brilliant abandoned puppy.
Two naive newlyweds.
A lifetime of world-changing love.
I'M A PEOPLE TOO
The Brilliant Mind of a Free-Spirited Dog
When Cate and Steve walked into an animal shelter, they thought they were choosing a pet. Instead, a seven-week-old, border collie mix named Chelsea chose them. But before she could upend their world, reshape their life, and alter what they thought they knew about dogs, this clever little animal had to beat the odds again. After first surviving abandonment along a wilderness highway, she had to fight for her life against parvovirus, only hours after entering her forever home.
He was an injured athlete, no longer able to compete.
He flunked out of foster care. Then he ran out of options.
Ray was a dog living on borrowed time.
(A Memoir in Progress)
When award-winning authors Cate Bronson and Steve Barry adopted a spunky shelter puppy, they never anticipated that their bond with her would eventually pull them into the global trenches of sighthound rescue. Years later, that path led them to Ray: a slim, sleek, three-year-old racing greyhound with a damaged body, a broken spirit, and a grim future.
LIVING LIFE SIDEWAYS is the deeply moving story of Ray’s chaotic, beautiful transition from the strict confinement at a racetrack to the overwhelming freedom of a family home. Unlike puppies, who begin life as a blank-canvas, ex-racing dogs trot into homes as fully matured animals that must completely unlearn the only existence they have ever known before they can appreciate how to live life as a pet. Through Ray's eyes, Bronson and Barry explore the invisible hurdles rescued racing dogs face—from navigating a staircase to understanding human affection—and the vital role of the overwhelmed foster systems trying to save them.
Spurred by public shifts away from canine exploitation, this upmarket advocacy memoir is a testament to the patience, nurturing, and mutual healing required to help a magnificent animal break free of his past.
A Rustic Adventure about Family, Faith, and Forgotten Places.
A Tale of Survival.
