Cody: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Dog

Cody: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Dog is the memoir of a yellow Labrador retriever. Cody was an abused dog who lost his home and abuser to Hurricane Katrina. He lived as an abandoned stray on the streets of New Orleans for 3 months before he was captured. Later, he became my foster dog. Cody was the most emotionally damaged dog I had ever worked with, and I knew that he would always need a therapeutic home. I adopted him. Two years later, I, too, was abandoned and alone when my husband of 29 years ended our marriage. Cody and I healed together over the next several years. He helped me recover from the loss of my marriage, a hysterectomy, a suicide attempt, and unemployment. When I couldn’t find a job in the U.S., I moved to China as an English teacher; Cody went with me as my service dog. In China, Cody became an independent dog, while I worked on becoming an independent woman. We moved to Alaska after three years in China, first living on a remote and isolated island in the Aleutians, and then moving to a less-remote, but still-isolated island in Southeast Alaska. Cody’s evolution, from a “quivering mass of dog flesh” to a confident and capable dog, was an inspiration to the people he met along the way.
ASIN: B0DJPCXXXC
VSKU: BVV.B0DJPCXXXC.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Brehm, Mx. Lauren Henry
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use