Dogs I Have Known, The Four Legged Kind
and Other Minor Loves
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When I was a child and enjoying my first dog Shocko, we had a call from our next door neighbor, a doctor. “A patient has just brought in a large rabbit as payment for his bill,” he said. “He thought we could eat it for dinner one night, but there is no way I’m going to kill this rabbit. I wondered if I could give it to your little girl.”
We named our new bunny “Peter.” This magnificent large chinchilla rabbit adopted us all on sight and became a member of the family. He didn’t have a box, so he roamed the house and slept sprawled out beside the floor register radiator in the living room. Some days he played outside with Shocko and me, and those animals adored each other.
“Another dog living nearby was a Yorkshire terrier named Fancy who, several years ago, became paralyzed from the neck down. After about six weeks, she recovered the use of all but her left front leg…and how did this happen? Her owner credits the
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DOGS I HAVE KNOWN, THE FOUR LEGGED KIND… is a 78-page book in which the author relates her true experiences with animals, mainly dogs, that she has come in contact with through over 8 decades of her life. She includes many color photos of her pets and those of others; and the amusing and humorous tales reflect what is going on in author’s life at the time and what is going on in
The author takes the reader through all phases of dog ownership and makes it so real to dog lovers, “When you own dogs, you realize they are ALL different. They steal your heart, and then they are gone.”
About the Author
Robyn Peeples Walsh grew up in
Robyn has many creative hobbies in addition to writing. She has long enjoyed painting – both in oils and acrylics -- and making dollhouses and miniature room boxes (including the actual furniture and other dollhouse accessories.) Through the years she’s created miniature flower arrangements by the hundreds -- in dollhouse scale, as well as slightly larger figurine size.
Robyn was inspired to write by her older brother Edwin A. Peeples, who had many books published, and who also wrote articles and short stories for COLLIERS, SATURDAY EVENING POST and TOWN AND COUNTRY and FORTUNE Magazines. At one time Robyn worked in the society department at the old ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Newspaper.