After a particularly grisly canine search-and-rescue mission led to a struggle with PTSD, Susannah Charleson credits her healing to her partnership with search dog Puzzle. Inspired by that experience and having met dogs formally trained to assist in such crises, Charleson learns to identify abandoned dogs with service potential, and to train them for work beside hurting partners, to whom these second-chance dogs bring intelligence, comfort, and hope....

Describes the job scat-detection dogs do, what makes a good scat-detection dog, and the places they work.

Explains dog behavior and suggests how to develop a rewarding relationship with your dog, discussing all the steps from selecting the right puppy to showing the dog and getting veterinary care.

When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots. Harry is a white dog with black spots who loves everything . . . except baths. So one day before bath time, Harry runs away. He plays outside all day long, digging and sliding in everything from garden soil to pavement tar. By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a black dog with white spots....

After performing endless tricks and futile searches, a treat-obsessed little dog finally makes a tasty discovery.

Marley, a rambunctious puppy, makes himself at home while causing lots of trouble but then proves in a very dramatic way that he is a valuable member of the household.

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Clifford, the big red dog, has a busy day trying to help people.

Biscuit, a little puppy, and Sam, a big dog, play together despite their difference in size.