“Dogs I Have Met and the People They Found” by Ken Foster is in a way one story, but in another way many stories. It is one story in that it is Ken’s experience. It is also one story in that he talks about his own dogs, especially his pit bull mix named Brando. It is many stories in that Ken talks about many special dogs he has met and that he shares stories which his fans have written him about their own beloved dogs.
One story which he shares is about a puppy who was literally discarded by his previous owners. The poor puppy was tossed out of a moving vehicle and severely injured. He would have surely died a slow and painful death if he had not been rescued by a passerby. Jessica was the one who rescued him. She had very little money of her own but didn’t give up. She managed to rally a town to help her with vet bills and adopted the dog for her very own. He is now probably one of the happiest dogs in the world – and the luckiest.
Another story from “Dogs I have Met” which Ken shares is about his own experience with the health of his dogs and the trouble of getting proper vet treatment for them. One story is about his dog Sula and another is about his dog Brando. The stories reminded me of Sephi’s bad vet experience. It cost me over $1,000 and cost Sephi a few traumatizing vet visits only to find that she had a very simple and treatable health issue – hypothyroidism. (The treatment costs me $50 every six months for medicine.)
Ken Foster has done a lot of traveling and has met a lot of dogs. The second chapter of his book is about his experience with dogs and dog people in Costa Rica. Some other chapters are about his experience with dogs in New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina. He also talks about a dog with a rare disease and a loveable pit bull named Jimmy.
I keep saying stories, but the word story sort of implies that the stories are made up. Ken’s stories are true. He doesn’t write in story form. He writes as if writing in journal. He doesn’t embellish with fancy words and prose. His writing is raw and real. The letters people have written him are real. The dogs he has met are actual dogs and so are the people they found.
You can find his book, “Dogs I Have Met and the People They Found”, at Amazon.com or you can visit our Amazon a-Store at http://astore.amazon.com/petautsaf-20.
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