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ir_sharp2's review against another edition
2.0
Kinda preachy, a bit long, too many dog deaths, coulda been edited better. I found I also don't like the term 'baby dog'
setaian's review against another edition
4.0
On the eve of Halloween in 2000, Lisa Edwards was making a dash to pick up some candy for trick-or-treaters when she noticed a sign outside a pet supply store. "Puppies $49". She went in and amongst the boisterous and playful puppies she saw one dog, clumsy, with a funny walk, and alone.
Lisa, a survivor of childhood abuse, with a very low sense of self worth saw something of herself in the puppy and brought him home.
Boo was no wonder dog, he had special needs, wasn't particularly smart, had poor eyesight and bumped into things. But his good nature with people and the way children with special needs connected with him made him invaluable as a therapy dog. And through Boo, Lisa was able to develop ways to train dogs that didn't force them to be something they were not but recognised that dogs like humans have things they are good at and things they're not good at.
And as Lisa found and nurtured Boo's gifts, she also found and nurtured her own, becoming a respected dog trainer and a woman heavily involved in the pets as therapy movement.
On a purely emotional level, A Dog Named Boo would be 5 Stars for me. I loved it. It spoke to my heart. It's inspiring and beautiful. Everything about the book is 5 Stars except the writing which could best be described as competent and efficient. So letting my mind take over for a minute I'm going to rate it 4 Stars but that isn't to take anything away from the book. It's a favorite and I'm already thinking of the people I can send this book to.
Lisa, a survivor of childhood abuse, with a very low sense of self worth saw something of herself in the puppy and brought him home.
Boo was no wonder dog, he had special needs, wasn't particularly smart, had poor eyesight and bumped into things. But his good nature with people and the way children with special needs connected with him made him invaluable as a therapy dog. And through Boo, Lisa was able to develop ways to train dogs that didn't force them to be something they were not but recognised that dogs like humans have things they are good at and things they're not good at.
And as Lisa found and nurtured Boo's gifts, she also found and nurtured her own, becoming a respected dog trainer and a woman heavily involved in the pets as therapy movement.
On a purely emotional level, A Dog Named Boo would be 5 Stars for me. I loved it. It spoke to my heart. It's inspiring and beautiful. Everything about the book is 5 Stars except the writing which could best be described as competent and efficient. So letting my mind take over for a minute I'm going to rate it 4 Stars but that isn't to take anything away from the book. It's a favorite and I'm already thinking of the people I can send this book to.
staatz's review against another edition
4.0
When I started in on this audio book I thought the narrator and the prose was stiff and dry as a textbook but by the end... by the end... *Sniff* no YOUR CRYING.
linnic_'s review against another edition
2.0
This book would have been rated higher if the story had been a bit more concrete. I found that the first half of the book was more focused on the author’s trauma in childhood rather than the dog and the lives Boo changed. Her story was impactful, but felt like the wrong setting to be unpacking it all.
The second half of the book was much better and gave some amazing information on therapy dog assistance, dog training, and the lives Boo and the other pups changed. Again, it would have rated higher if Lisa had focused more on those visits and not rushed through them to discuss her chronic pain or their attempts to have a child later in life. It just seemed like there were two separate stories that were forced together and didn’t match.
The second half of the book was much better and gave some amazing information on therapy dog assistance, dog training, and the lives Boo and the other pups changed. Again, it would have rated higher if Lisa had focused more on those visits and not rushed through them to discuss her chronic pain or their attempts to have a child later in life. It just seemed like there were two separate stories that were forced together and didn’t match.
katequeenofsprouts's review against another edition
4.0
I love dog books, but the cheesy, well-worn saying of how a dog rescued them turned me off to this book for months before I read it. The tale of this disabled dog's effect on those around him, including his owner who had experienced trauma and reading disabilities, was much better than the subtitle that discouraged me.
catherine_t's review against another edition
4.0
On 31 October 2000, Lisa Edwards stopped at a mall near her home for a last-minute candy purchase. Instead of KitKats, however, she ended up with a dog. She and her husband Lawrence already had two dogs and two cats at home, but there was something about this little Lab mix--the runt of his litter--that spoke to Lisa. And so was born an incredible partnership.
This book tells the tale of Boo, a dog with many challenges, and the family that took those challenges on. Edwards details the long process of training Boo, which eventually led to Boo becoming a certified therapy dog. Unlike her other dogs, Atticus and Dante (both also certified), Boo was a slow learner, a result, Edwards discovered, of part of his brain being malformed at birth. But what Boo lacked in smarts he made up for with attitude. Calm and unflappable, he took Edwards from initial hospital visits to school visits to helping special needs children.
Boo's story is an inspiration to anyone who's ever felt like a misfit, who's been told that they'll never amount to much. Boo is an unlikely canine hero, but hero he is to the hundreds of people whose lives he's touched.
This book tells the tale of Boo, a dog with many challenges, and the family that took those challenges on. Edwards details the long process of training Boo, which eventually led to Boo becoming a certified therapy dog. Unlike her other dogs, Atticus and Dante (both also certified), Boo was a slow learner, a result, Edwards discovered, of part of his brain being malformed at birth. But what Boo lacked in smarts he made up for with attitude. Calm and unflappable, he took Edwards from initial hospital visits to school visits to helping special needs children.
Boo's story is an inspiration to anyone who's ever felt like a misfit, who's been told that they'll never amount to much. Boo is an unlikely canine hero, but hero he is to the hundreds of people whose lives he's touched.
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