Allen Anderson - Angel Dogs: Divine Messengers of Love

Angel Dogs is a pure delight. This book reminds us not only that all dogs do indeed go to heaven but also that they create a bit of heaven right here on earth! Thanks to Allen and Linda Anderson for this heartwarming tribute to all of the angel dogs on earth and in heaven. It is a joy to read. So, curl up with your favorite angel dog whether on your lap or in your heart and enjoy this beautiful book!

If dogs could read, they would read this book first! Dogs are a gift from God, and this book is a gift from Allen and Linda Anderson to everyone who has ever loved a dog. Sit back, give your dog a treat, and then treat yourself to these moving stories. Angel Dogs is the perfect companion for those of us who are companions to our dogs.

Angel Dogs is a most wonderful read especially in the way it will help you deal with that most difficult of situations, the passing of your best friend. If you love dogs, youll love this book. I just finished reading it, and if youll excuse me, Im going to give my dog, Eliza, a big hug right now.

If you are one of those unfortunate people who dont believe that dogs have souls, be careful: this book may change your life. Time and again, tears sprang to my eyes as I read these stories of the love between dogs and their people. It is a love that leaps across all barriers, real or imagined, and awakens our sense of connection with the whole circle of life.

Angel Dogs provides poignant tails of how deep the human-animal spiritual connection can become. The reader learns that there are many amazing and inspirational dogs that do provide divine messages, not only of love but of faith, hope, and courage as well. Angel dogs enrich our souls and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are truly gifts from heaven.

As a believer and one who lives the message, my heart was touched by Angel Cats. I have long realized that it is not an accident that three-quarters of our lifeline is feline. So read, laugh, cry, and become a more complete human being through the angel cats and the lifeline they provide.

Angels come to us in many ways. Some are never identified, some come to us and we dont even know they changed our lives, maybe even saved us, until there is a realization. This book is enlightening and will make you take many a close look at your angel.

The Andersons have captured with warmth and love the majesty of cats through stories of the familiar and the extraordinary.

In Angel Cats, it is not the fog but the love that comes in on little cat feet. What a delightful collection of stories!

Copyright 2005 by Allen and Linda Anderson

All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, or other without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

Page 129, from The Healing Power of Pets: Harnessing the Amazing Ability of Pets to Make and Keep People Happy and Healthy, by Dr. Marty Becker and Danelle Morton, copyright 2002 by Dr. Marty Becker and Danelle Morton. Reprinted with permission of Hyperion, New York, www.hyperionbooks.com. All rights reserved.

Page 167, from Kinship with All Life: Simple, Challenging, Real-Life Experiences Showing How Animals Communicate with Each Other and with People Who Understand Them, by J. Allen Boone, copyright 1954 by Harper & Bros., renewed copyright 1982 by J. Allen Boone, Jr. Reprinted with permission of HarperCollins Publishers, New York, www.harpercollins.com.

Pages 18187, from Amelias Wild-Life Newsletter, February 2004, by Amelia Kinkade. Reprinted with permission.

Text design and typography by Tona Pearce Myers

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Angel dogs : divine messengers of love / by Allen and Linda Anderson.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN-13: 978-1-57731-493-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. DogsUnited StatesAnecdotes. 2. DogsUnited StatesReligious
aspectsAnecdotes. 3. Dog ownersUnited StatesAnecdotes.

4. Human-animal relationshipsUnited StatesAnecdotes. I. Anderson, Allen, 1954II. Anderson, Linda C., 1946 III. Title.

SF426.2.A524 2005
636.7'00973dc22 2005013332

First printing, October 2005
ISBN-10: 1-57731-493-x
ISBN-13: 978-1-57731-493-6

Printed in Canada on acid-free, partially recycled paper

Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

I love all animals, but I have a special place in my heart for dogs. We always had dogs some years, lots of them, as many as five dogs at a time. They would just show up, and we could never find who they belonged to. They didnt have identification. After no one claimed them, we kept the dogs. No dog was turned away. We lived out in the country, and sometimes I wonder if the word just got around: Show up at that house on the hill and youll have a great life! And they did. They were well fed and well loved.