one veteran, one dog, and their bold quest to change lives
Montalv?n, Luis Carlos
2017
War veteran Luis Carlos Montalv?n reflects on his advocacy with his beloved golden retriever service dog, Tuesday,as they hit the road for America's wounded warriors until his death to suicide prior to publication.
This time Ranger, the time-traveling Golden retriever, finds himself in San Francisco in the middle of the great 1906 earthquake, and his mission is obviously to get a young Chinese immigrant, Lily Chen, to safety, but as they make their way through the ruined and burning city Ranger finds that he must also accomplish something else--finding Lily, who was sold as a servant by her parents, a new family who will care for her.
When they are not fighting with each other Alfie Wolfe and his twin sister Alfreeda help out with their mother's dog hotel business--but just now he is faced with a friendly pug called Twinkles, and an aggressive Golden Retriever, named Gracie, who seems to regard him as a threat.
This time the mysterious box that Ranger the Golden retriever found transports him to a Maryland plantation before the Civil War, where he must help a young house slave named Sarah and her younger brother Jesse find their way to the underground railroad and North to freedom, before Jesse is sold to a plantation further South.
Provides practical guidance for selecting and caring for a golden retriever, covering the history of the breed, temperament, home preparation, food, grooming, health, housetraining, basic behavior training, and interaction.
A practical guide to caring for golden retrievers that covers the breed's history, the American and British standards, selection, nutrition, grooming, health care, training, hunting, showing, breeding, and the older years.
