"Dogs I''ve Met"

relates Jessie Bailey Crook''s many casual meetings with a wide variety of dogs and what their owners said about them. For several years, while enjoying her own three, she met other dogs during her international and domestic travels. In Japan, Greece, Spain, Peru, Kenya, and Italy, and from Ohio to Wyoming and Florida, Jessie regularly encountered dogs. From conversations with their owners she learned about the dogs'' origins, idiosyncrasies, names and sometimes much more.

"Dogs I''ve Met" is a compilation from her journals of those many humorous, interesting and insightful encounters. The reader will meet Cameron, Simba and Trixster, the author''s three dogs and learn about the painful loss of Simba (pictured on the cover) from cancer. Writing this book was therapy for that loss. Reading it will give dog lovers everywhere an opportunity to enjoy, as did the author, encounters from Angel to Zane with many memorable dogs such as Biff, Cuervo, Ditka and Ellie. This book is a delightful "treat" for even those who don''t love dogs.