Animal Behavior
Some Dogs
Some dogs don’t move you to poetry. Some dogs quietly, slowly, meld themselves into literature’s prose; not flowery, not romantic, not shiny. Jessie was a dog who grew slowly into a soul mate. He arrived frantic, anxious—a house destroyer, a wreck of rejection, an abandoned teenager who had lost everything he knew in a dog’s…
Read MoreBailey’s Hills
I almost made it to Bailey’s hills today. I had hip revision surgery six weeks ago and each day I challenge myself to walk farther, with longer strides and more challenging inclines. Just a week ago I was dependent on a friend’s walking sticks to keep my balance. The week before that, I walked with…
Read MoreBailey’s Disappearance
My fourteen-year-old Wheaten Terrier, Bailey, disappeared. Vanished. Melted into thin air. Somewhere in my own house. The panic that gurgled in the back of my brain wrestled with the logic that I knew she had fallen asleep on my bedroom floor last night. She was still there at 3:30 am when I roused for a…
Read MoreVirtual Book Tours–An Exciting New Approach to Book Promotion and Exposure
JOIN ME on my first NATIONAL virtual BOOK TOUR! Each day a new review will post all around the country! See my first one here: https://www.rockinbookreviews.com/elementary/from-wild-to-mild-by-sunny-weber-book-tour-guest-post-giveaway-ends-12919 –it is a FIVE STAR REVIEW for my latest book, From Wild to Mild: A Dog in Two Worlds. Read about my Pups & Purrs Children’s Humane Educational Series…
Read MoreWhy I Wrote the Pups & Purrs Children’s Humane Education Book Series
Coming-of-age books try to address emotional and social challenges that all children face. Children are buffeted in overwhelming directions during their formative years. There are so many options and expectations from society that often children founder in trying to discern how grow up to be the best they can be. Despite supportive adults, some children…
Read MoreWhy I Wrote “From Wild to Mild: A Dog in Two Worlds”
Children are buffeted in overwhelming directions during their formative years. There are so many options and expectations from society that many children founder in trying to discern how grow up to be the best they can be. Coming-of-age books address emotional and social challenges that all children face, often beginning at the so-called “middle-grade” years…
Read MoreWhy I Wrote “Hurricane Dog: A Tale of Betrayal, Redemption & Change”
Hurricane Dog: A Tale of Betrayal, Redemption & Change is a middle-grade fictional story about one boy and his dog. Being forced to leave his beloved dog Gator behind when he is rescued during a hurricane, the boy Gavin finds meaning in his own life as he comes of age. The boy’s personal struggle and…
Read MoreTwo New Book Awards For The Dog at the Gate: How a Throwaway Dog Becomes Special
My middle-grade book, The Dog at the Gate: How a Throwaway Dog Becomes Special won two Bronze Medals at the 2018 Colorado Independent Publishers (CIPA) EVVY Book Awards! I took these honors to mean that our messages and themes in the book resonated with the judges. Max, the Australian Shepherd protagonist and narrator, experiences what…
Read MoreWhy I Wrote “City Dog Walking Safety & Etiquette”
Why read a book on a “simple” activity such as dog walking? All you need is a dog, a leash, and a collar right? Theoretically, yes. But to fully engage yourself and your dog in public, there are many factors that will need to be addressed. Some factors will be obvious, such as how to…
Read MoreBeyond Flight or Fight: A Compassionate Guide for Working with Fearful Dogs is now available as an Audio-book!
My book, Beyond Flight or Fight: A Compassionate Guide for Working with Fearful Dogs, is now an audio-book! Download it for free with an Amazon Audible trial! I felt this market is overlooked in dog behavior/relationship resources. Not all people who love dogs can or do read, either in book or ebook formats. I once…
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