Lizzie has her hands full when her family takes in Baxter, a Portuguese water dog, and discovers it is suffering from separation anxiety and becomes upset if she leaves it alone for more than a few minutes.
Charles and his family are visiting relatives in the country when a stranger drops off a puppy. Mocha, a Bernese mountain dog, was running around on the highway without a leash or tags. Now this adventurous pup needs a place to live.
Downtown dog Samuel Bloom rescues the posh Esme Lamour, and the two embark on an adventurous romance, but when the two get torn apart, Esme attempts to face the big city on her own in order to find Sam.
Marley, the high-spirited puppy, tries to help his family with a Halloween party, but instead of helping Marley only manages to make mischief and get himself into trouble.
Puppy lovers Charles and Lizzie Peterson enjoy caring for young dogs until homes can be found for them, but Lizzie begins to wonder if she is in over her head when Aunt Amanda brings her Jack, a boxer with a chewing problem.
The author describes how he and his adopted twin sons, Dan and Noah, came to own and love a dog who was rescued after its owners used it as bait for fighting dogs and then left it in a cage to die.
Explains what puppies are and what they look like, shows different puppy breeds, and looks at puppies as they eat, sleep, and play. Presented in English and Spanish.
