Abandoned dogs need all the love they can get, and Katherine Carver’s new, highly acclaimed, and beautifully written and illustrated book Abandoned: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs should be lauded for her work on behalf of these amazing, sentient beings who are down and out often because of irresponsible humans. Her stories and photographs will surely move readers all over the place and clearly show that when we step out of our own shoes into the paws, heads, and hearts of dogs in need, we can give them a second or third chance to live lives spilling over with safety, trust, respect, dignity, and compassion.

One important take-home message, among others, is that what is good for the dogs also is good for us—a mutual win-win for all. I can’t think of anything more rewarding or joyful than rehoming an abandoned dog and having the emotions that are shared between them and me work as a social glue to bind us together and have the dogs unconditionally enjoy the forever loving home they so desperately want, need, and fully deserve. Rescued dogs are also no quirkier than other dogs. Here’s what Katherine had to say about her landmark book in which the personalities and emotional lives of these rescued dog beings are palpable.

The idea for Abandoned literally came to me on a summer day during 2012, roughly a year-and-a-half after we had adopted our first rescue dog named Biscuit, a Shetland Sheepdog. He forever changed my life in so many ways—he opened my heart in a way like no other, and he brought me back to my love of photography.

My curiosity and experience with Biscuit made me aware of the dog overpopulation crisis in our country, and this set me........

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