Saving Gracie: how one dog escaped the shadowy world of American puppy mills
(Book)
"In the United States alone, an estimated 10,000 cramped kennels produce as many as 4 million dogs a year--innocent, often diseased, and emotionally damaged animals who are then sold to unsuspecting families as 'purebred' puppies. Worse, some--like Gracie--are kept behind and turned into breeding stock, doomed to a life of confinement with nothing to look forward to but monotony and loneliness. But not every puppy mill dog has a sad ending, as you'll learn in this heartwarming book. 'Saving Gracie' uses the poignant transformation of a scruffy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, who was rescued from her sentence as a breeding dog, to tell the story of America's hidden puppy mills. Award-winning journalist Carol Bradley chronicles Gracie's makeover from a bedraggled animal worn out from bearing puppies into a loving, healthy member of her new family and follows her owner, Linda, as she becomes passionately determined to save Gracie's life and spread the word about the millions of other puppy mill dogs who need our help. 'Saving Gracie' will open your eyes, warm your heart, and call you to action." -- Jacket flaps.
Notes
Bradley, C. (2010). Saving Gracie: how one dog escaped the shadowy world of American puppy mills. Hoboken, N.J., Wiley Pub.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bradley, Carol, 1957-. 2010. Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills. Hoboken, N.J., Wiley Pub.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bradley, Carol, 1957-, Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills. Hoboken, N.J., Wiley Pub, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bradley, Carol. Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills. Hoboken, N.J., Wiley Pub, 2010.
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505 | 0 | |a Caged for life -- "Check out that place" -- A breeder's rise and fall -- Orchestrating the raid -- Filth and fear -- Sorting the dogs -- A safe place for dog 132 -- The case goes to court -- Proving cruelty -- The breeder appeals -- The soft, cool feel of grass -- Deciding on a dog -- Overwhelmed -- Too scared to play -- Learning to trust -- Tackling the puppy mills -- A bond develops -- The crackdown begins -- Elsewhere, suffering -- Two lives changed. | |
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