Ebook: Short Leash : A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance

Janice Gary never walked alone without a dog - a big dog. Once, she was an adventurer, a girl who ran off to California withabig dreams and hopes ofaleaving her past behind. But after a brutal rape, her youthful bravado vanished, replaced by a crippling need for safety. When she rescues a gangly Lab-Rottweiler pup, Gary is sure sheOCOs found her biggest protector yet. Butaafter Barney is attacked by a vicious dog, he becomes a clone of his attacker, trying to kill any dog that comes near him. Walking with Barney is impossible. Yet walking without him isaunthinkable. aaa After years of being exiled by her terror and BarneyOCOs defensiveness, Janice risks taking her dog to a park near the Chesapeake Bay.aThere, she begins the messy, lurching process of walking into her greatest fears. As the leash of the past unravels, Barney sheds the defensive behaviors that once shackled him and Gary steps out of the self-imposed isolation that held her captive for three decades. Beautifully written," Short Leash" is much more than a OC dog storyOCO or a book about recovering from trauma. It is a moving tale of love and loss, the journey of a broken soul finding its way toward wholeness. "