{"product_id":"the-underdogs-by-melissa-fay-greene","title":"The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love by Melissa Fay Greene","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery good condition, like new. Hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Underdogs\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Karen Shirk: felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease, she was rejected by every service dog agency in the country as \"too disabled.\" Her nurse encouraged her to raise her own service dog, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. \"How many people are stranded like I was,\" she wondered, \"who could lead productive lives with a service dog?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thousand dogs later, Karen Shirk's service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring hurting children and their families to life. The frontiers of the human-dog bond are explored here with insight, compassion, humor, and joy. A cast of remarkable characters--scientists and felons, dog trainers and parents, children with disabilities and the great dogs themselves--together address questions about our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trailhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44265915711668,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/2746\/1812\/files\/FullSizeRender_91ab9b0d-d967-4e4c-ba45-1e25e7229239.heic?v=1783792367","url":"https:\/\/trailheadbooks.com\/products\/the-underdogs-by-melissa-fay-greene","provider":"Trailhead Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}