Dear Mr. Levin
I want to share a story with you. We have lived in a rural area for 25 years: an area where irresponsible pet owners to often “dump” unwanted pets. Those disgarded animals have provided unmeasurable blessings in our life . For our daughter Jen, there was never any question, her lifes work was destined to revolve around animals.

While working at a vet clinic during college they received a call from the Gordon Setter rescue looking for a clinic that would donate time and expense for a risky heart surgery on a two month old half Gordon, half Golden pup. They agreed to try to save the pup, that crawled into our daughters lap, tubes and all, as she came out from under the anesthetic. “Kiera”, which in some language means something to do with the heart, and our daughter have been inseperable since that time four years ago. Jen and Kiera moved from Missouri to Orlando Florida a few years back where Jen takes care of those big gray animals at your favorite vacation spot.

Thank you for doing the much needed work that you do so well with your radio show.

God Bless,

Rob from MO

In Loving Memory,

Gilay “Little Boompers” Peterson

Born: Oct 30, 1994
Died: Nov 20, 2007

My Puppy, My Soul Mate, My Muse…..

The BEST Puppy ever? For Me She ABSOLUTELY was!
So strong was the bond between us, that I would occasionally refer to Her as “The Female Bulldog version of Me” (a little bit of an insult to Her, but She didn’t seem to mind), and myself as “The Male Human version of Her” …..If only I was as tough, as gentle, as sweet, as strong willed and patient as Her.

She taught Me that instinct almost always trumps intellect.
She reminded Me that our relationships are what really matter in life.

She entertained me, comforted me & helped me stay (relatively) sane.

Thank You Gilay! I Love You & miss You more than words can express.

Dave from PA

You should read Yorkie Doodle Dandy by Wm. Wynne. It’s the story about Smokey the World War II dog hero. Smokey is a 4lb. female yorkie. I have a 4lb. Yorkie named Indy. My last Yorkie lived to be 18 yrs. I belong to the No. CA Yorkie Club.

One of the members has four Yorkies. Magic is her show dog, and he saved her life.
She is diabetic. One morning she did not wake up. She was giong into a coma. He jumped up on the bed and kept licking and scratching her and she kept trying to fight him off. He did not stop, and finally she fell out of bed. That woke her up enough to realize she was in trouble. She then crawled to the refrigerator and got the orange juice and then woke up. Magic is a real hero. He was trained to do what he did. He just knew. I read Rescuing Sprite and really enjoyed it.

Fondly,

Donna from CA

Just finished reading Rescuing Sprite, what an amazing story.  I volunteer at a local shelter, & when we get an older dog in, we all think ..Poor thing, it will hard to find a home.  But, usually we are wrong..because there\’s always some wonderful person who wants to make that dog\’s last years warm, loving, and worth living.  We are a no-kill shelter, so there are some dogs we have quite a while..we just adopted a dog we had for a year!  And as you expressed about both Sprite & Griffen., these dogs are wonderful, trained and just want to love someone.  & why aren\’t their families looking for them.

I fostered a 4 month old puppy in May 2008 w/ a broken leg, I couldn\’t give him up, so Scooter is part of my family now.  He\’s 10 months old, and was quite concerned w/ my tears while reading your book.  Thanks for expressing what I see everyday.  When I placed a dog into a home, I am thrilled to see the dog know he/she is \”home\” and the love in those people\’s hearts.  Sometimes, the shelter consumes me, but I love every  minute and wish I didn\’t have to work so I could be there everyday.  Thanks for a very special story!!!!

Debby from OH

Dear Mark:

I found this story/video on Coast to Coast:

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page2855.html?theme=light

“Dog saves dog” It’s really quite remarkable. Thought you might be interested. I love your show and bought 2 copies of Rescuing Sprite. Gave one to my girlfriend, a dog lover, and gave the other, an autographed copy, to my 13-year old son who wants to get a dog and is now a regular listener to and lover of your show. I just wish you wouldn’t so disparage those who believe in or cover so-called “paranormal” phenomenon. You don’t really believe we are alone in this universe, do you?

Respectfully,
Kirk from IN