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Originally Posted by ylisa7
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Amazing Gracie was a wonderful book. So was Dean Koontz's book about Trixie.
One of the points made to Koontz when he received Trixie (a golden retriever guide dog who had been taken out of the system due to joint problems) was: "If this dog does something wrong, it is your fault." Indeed, when she once peed in the corner of the living room and was being chastised by him, he suddenly realized she had been coming up to him all evening, staring at him. He had blown her off because they had company.
So in "Art of", when they abandoned the dog for three days and then hit it for eating the kid's toys, I was furious with the owners, not the dog. That was why I couldn't keep reading the book.