hiya!
I just finished reading your wonderful ode to Sprite. My dog Sadie looks so much like your Sprite. Like Sprite, Sadie was found wandering the streets malnourished but she had good manners. She followed me home from school one day and since then has always been my close companion. I have moved away from my family home and I miss her so much! She’s showing signs of old age but she’s a happy and loving dog. I just felt moved by your memoir of Sprite and wanted to thank you for your insights into the relationships of people and their pets.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
Eimear from Ireland
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During the 2004 hurricane season,I babysat,er,dogsat a chihuahua belonging to my best friend while she was between homes.My family has a chihuahua named Jasmine who thought ChiChi was just for her.The thing is,ChiChi is a beautiful,full sized white coat,pink nose chi.Jasmine is a standard black and tan and white female.Needless to say,we were blessed with a beautiful red chi with a brown nose,our ZB.He is one character,extremely smart,very loving and DOESN”T KNOW HE”S A DOG.My fault-I admit but I love my buddy!
Jeffrey from FL
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in jan. of 2008 i read mikes book about sprite. we had been wanting a dog and this book helped make us take that step. Lacy is our first dog. She is a welsh pembroke Corgi and she is 13 months and we love her. thanks mark.
The Thompsons from IN
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My wife and I began adopting dogs in 1990 when her best-friend’s mother had to give up her miniature schnauzer “Schotzie” due to health reasons. We dog sat for her while she was in the hospital, and found ourselves unable to let him go to a pound or another home, so he stayed with us.
In 1991, shortly after being hired as a Police Officer for a local department, the Animal Control Officer brought me a tiny mixed breed puppy that was so young, it could hardly walk. I was told by the ACO that she took the puppy from the County pound because it was scheduled to be put to sleep the following day. You see, it was the runt of the litter and all of her siblings had been adopted. Well I brought her home in my coat pocket. When my wife arrived home, I had her close her eyes and hold out her hands. I placed the puppy in her hand. Well, to say the least, the puppy became “Gretchen” and stayed with us. Read the rest of this entry »
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I thoroughly enjoyed your book, Rescuing Sprite. I gave signed copies to both of my sisters in law for Christmas 2007. I recently had to put my friend Radar down due to antifreeze poisoning, and having read your book made it easier. I\’m posting a picture of him to share with others who have lost their best friend, and will be planting a dogwood tree at his grave. Thanks for your great radio program, and I look forward to three hours a day.
Leonard from TX
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“Nose knows everything – My nosey girl does\” … is what I used to say to her over and over but Nose didn\’t know that she would leave this earth yesterday – January 30, 2009.
Nose came to live at our house in August of 2002 at the estimated age of 5 from Great Dane Rescue of North Texas ~ A cause my family strongly believes in and tries earnestly to support at every opportunity.
Her name then was Kaylee and truthfully I thought she was the ugliest Great Dane I had ever seen.
How\’s that for shallow?
She was large (Normal) and broad (Not) and had teats that hang down to her knees as well as the funniest ears that were cropped but wouldn\’t even stand upright. All of this made her look very disheveled.
And she was shy.
Extremely shy.
She wouldn\’t even look at me – let alone come to me the day I picked her up at Creekside Animal Hospital.
Some rescue dogs come with a story. She did not. Read the rest of this entry »
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