What My Dog Has Taught Me about Life: Meditations for Dog Lovers by Gary Stanley, Niki Anderson

Foreword     7
Working Vocabularies     8
The Best Laid Plans of Boys and Jackrabbits     12
The Donkey Who Thought He Was a Dog     16
Learning to Say Good-bye     20
Skippy     24
JR     28
Things That Go Bump in the Night     32
Clyde and the Telegram     36
The Things We Do for Love     40
Lost     44
Sleepless in Boulder     48
The Case of the Soggy Doggy: Part One     52
The Case of the Soggy Doggy: Part Two     56
The Last Time I Outran George     60
Grounded!     64
Old Blue     68
{dollar}5 Puppies     72
Intruder Rabbit     76
Green Mountain     80
Truffle     84
The Eighteen-Month Dog     88
The Agreement     92
It's a Mouth Thing     96
Drool Is Just a Fact of Life     100
The Nose     104
The Designated Digging Area     108
Griffin and the Jacuzzi     112
A Short Course in the Ways of Hide-and-Seek
Hiding to Be Found     116
Hiding Not to Be Found     120
Hiding to Be Missed     124
Dog Bite     128
Deception Clues     132
Second Fiddle to a Dog Biscuit     136
A Front-Yard Life     140
Buck     144
The Fireplace Romantic     148
Sneakin' Up on Griffin     152
Falling Short     156
Almost Good-bye     160
The Best Howler in the Neighborhood     164
"Ai Luv Oo"     168
Packing     172
The Art of Waiting     176
A Hard Pill to Swallow     180
Old Yeller     184
A Tail-Wagging Reunion     188