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  • Published: 1 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407081052
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

The Dog who Loved

Lenore, the Puppy who Rescued Me




An inspiring true story about the love a dog can bring, by the Sunday Times bestselling author

As Izzy settles down to life on Bedlam Farm, Jon is amazed that all signs of the troubled rescue dog who first arrived have disappeared. More than this, the Border collie demonstrates an uncanny sensitivity to, and tenderness towards, humans who are troubled or ill.

Izzy's unusual gift leads Jon off the farm and into new, extraordinary friendships, as they together begin volunteer hospice work. Izzy shows Jon what dogs can do for people at our most desperate times. But the work isn't easy, and Jon is reminded that at times he is needy himself.

Enter Lenore, a glossy jet-black Labrador retriever puppy, whose seemingly boundless capacity for love reminds Katz why he'd come to the farm in the first place - and why he'd devoted so much of his life to working with dogs.

The Dog who Loved is a moving and inspiring story of love, compassion, and the incredibly rich and complex relationships between dogs and humans.

Please note, The Dog who Loved is the UK title for the book published in the US as Izzy and Lenore.

  • Published: 1 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407081052
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

About the author

Jon Katz

Jon Katz has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, GQ and other magazines as well as having a regular column about dogs and rural life for online magazine Slate. He has written sixteen books, many of them about dogs, and co-hosts an awardwinning radio show Dog Talk. After the period of this book, he moved to a farm in upstate New York where he and his wife live together with their dogs, sheep, cows, donkeys, a barn cat and four chickens. His website is www.bedlamfarm.com.

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Praise for The Dog who Loved

With wisdom and grace, [Katz] unlocks the canine soul and the complicated wonders that lie within and offers powerful insights to anyone who has ever struggled with, and loved, a troubled animal

John Grogan, author of MARLEY AND ME

Fans will be happy to return to the farm

Publishers Weekly

Katz's world - of animals and humans and their combined generosity of spirit - is a place you're glad you've been

Boston Globe

This moving tale is simply lovely

Sun