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    Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Loved
    Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Loved
    Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Loved
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    Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Loved

    By Laurie Williams and Roslyn Banish

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    Gus was a lucky dog. Injured and abandoned, he could have become another of the 7 million animals euthanized every year. Then Stephanie Williams entered the picture. A successful journalist, she had been diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer at the age of 30. On medical leave and living alone, she wanted a warm four-legged companion. When she saw Gus's soulful eyes and goofy grin, it was love at first sight: she would rescue him, and he would return the favor.
    Just Gus is about how much one dog did to make a dying woman happy giving tireless love, comfort, and support. This extraordinary story shows how one dog brought joy and hope to a woman's last days.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMcWitty Press
    Release dateSep 17, 2012
    ISBN9780985222703
    Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Loved
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    Laurie Williams

    Laurie Williams is the founder of the Alcohol Ink Art Community. When she’s not in the studio creating art, she is helping businesses across the US succeed in online marketing. Her painting journey began 20 years ago when she first discovered alcohol inks. The Alcohol Ink Art Community is an online portal for everything alcohol ink, contributing to a by teaching, encouraging creativity, and helping artists, of all levels, build and grow their art busines.

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      Just Gus - Laurie Williams

      Just Gus

      A Rescued Dog

      And the Woman He Loved

      By Laurie Williams

      Photos by Roslyn Banish

      Introduction by Jean Donaldson

      Text copyright ©2005 by Laurie Williams

      Photos copyright ©2005 by Roslyn Banish

      Additional photos by:

      Daniel Spirn: pages 16, 56, 57

      Stephanie Williams: page 15

      Marion Spirn: page 55

      Nancy Marchetta: page 61

      Designed by Kenneth B. Smith

      All rights reserved

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Address inquiries to

      McWitty Press, 110 Riverside Dr., 1A, New York, N.Y. 10024.

      www.mcwittypress.com

      ISBN 978-0-9852-2270-3

      10  9  8  7  6  5  4

      For Stephanie, who showed us how precious life is.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Rescue Me

      The Good Samaritans

      Finding a Home

      Becoming Gus

      A Grand Romp

      The Puppy Pack

      Carpe Diem

      Enter Sandman

      Life Goes On

      Resourse Guide

      Introduction

      The late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould famously remarked that human brains can’t comprehend large numbers. Unless we are mathematicians or astronomers, we tend to blank out once things get into the tens of thousands or above. So stating that several million homeless dogs are killed in shelters every year in the United States will fail to elicit the kind of reaction that an individual saga does. A simple story about one animal is something we can wrap our minds around. It is the inspiration for many of us who work in this field.

      Several thousand dogs will be killed in animal shelters today—the day you’re reading this. Every single one of those dogs had a story. They were born, they played, they looked forward to things, and they probably bonded to someone. For most of them, their luck ran out a few months—maybe a year—into their lives,

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