The Dogs Who Found Me: What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind

This book was informative on two levels, how to treat your dogs (or any animal, really) and how to handle a dog you are rescuing. Along the way you get background information about Ken Foster's life with dogs, especially Brando and Zephyr. While he talks about his life with dogs it becomes apparent what a careful and concerned dog owner he is. At the ends of some chapters he has a short chapter that gives you information on how NOT to treat your dog or how to handle a rescued dog, etc. Ken writes well and didn't (thankfully) write this in such a way as to tug your heart, but by the same token it is not written in a dry manner. I enjoyed the information and think his dogs are very lucky in their adoptive father.

Since the author is a writing instructor, I was surprised that the actual writing wasn't better, but i enjoyed his stories about the dogs in his life. Pit bulls and pit mixes get such a bad rap, but the two I have known (not owned) have been sweet dogs. Although I grew up with dogs, I have chosen not to own them in my adulthood, due to my lifestyle. I don't think I would be able to be a responsible owner. That being said, some of the owners in this book shouldn't be allowed to own pets of any kind.

Good for Ken Foster for being such an advocate and rescuing all the dogs he sees...and he sees a lot of them!

This book will grab any dog lover by the heartstrings, but is written to give your emotional toil a well-deserved break as well. Foster delivers heart-rendering descriptions of events and the dogs who saw him through them in a way that serves to make us ever more grateful for our own canine angels. At the same time the book is written in such a way to provide quick, humourous, and thoughtfully informative escapes from the more anxious sections. Sula the pit bull's story captivated me most of all, not only because of the dog's similarity to one of my own, but because of Foster's candor concerning the truth of the plight of many a great pit. A quick read, I recommend it to anyone who needs a short refresher on whay our companions mean so show more much to our lives. show less

Ken Foster rescues dogs. He not only takes them in to find them homes, but he takes them into his heart. With this book, he invites the reader into the stories of several of the dogs he's rescued, as well as some that he couldn't and who haunt him to this day. Weaving through the stories of the dogs that find Foster, is the story of his life with his own rescue dog, Brando, and then of sister rescue dog, Zephyr. Some of the stories of other dogs are incomplete feeling and I was struck by the sense that at times, Foster was working really hard to keep an emotional distance, perhaps so that he didn't end up adopting zillions of dogs himself. But I can hardly make that a complaint when I am incapable of going into pet stores that sell dogs show more without aching to bring them all home with me. This book will appeal to dog lovers, those whose animals sleep on the bed with them, curl up on the couch next to them, those whose animals are so confident in their owners' love they pester them with toys for hours at a time. It's a quick read, one that offers satisfying conclusions to most of the dogs' stories, and that reassures dog lovers that there are people like Foster out there, willing to take the abused, the abandonned, and the neglected into their hearts and their homes, even if it's just a way station on the road to their permanent home. show less

I have to find more words to describe a "fun" read...

Anyway, someone recommended this book to me, and I was thoroughly entertained by the anecdotes of this author. Some of the chapters are nothing more than short topics such as "How To Let Go" (he experienced "foster fail", that is, keeping the dog he was fostering), and a list of what one of his dogs did to get his attention. He isn't all gaiety, though, but includes short articles about the paradox of a "no-kill" shelter, etc.

A satisfying read for dog lovers, or animal lovers in general, and even for some animal-ambivalent types.

This book starts in New York City in August of 2001 and ends in New Orleans in the summer of 2005, which should give you an idea of how uplifting it is. It will also teach you more than you want to know about heart worms.

I enjoyed this book tremendously, but it's not a feel-good tale about rescuing dogs and leading them to happy lives. Some parts are quite sad.

When I received this book in the mail, I started reading it immediately. Its such a charming book, that perfectly captures a mans relationship with dogs as it changes from a dog is a dog, to rescurer of strays, especially pit bulls. It also captures the horrors of Hurricane Katrina and those that stayed behind to be with thier pets. Ken Foster loves his dogs, and makes a case for the pit bull breed.