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All Dogs Go to Kevin
All Dogs Go to Kevin: Everything Three Dogs Taught Me (That I Didn't Learn in Veterinary School) | Jessica Vogelsang
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ALL DOGS GO TO KEVIN is a humorous and touching memoir that will appeal to anyone who has ever loved an animal or lost hours in James Herriot's classic veterinary stories. You can't always count on people, but you can always count on your dog. No one knows that better than veterinarian Jessica Vogelsang. With the help of three dogs, Jessica is buoyed through adolescence, veterinary school, and the early years of motherhood. Taffy, the fearsome Lhasa; Emmett, the devil-may-care Golden; and Kekoa, the neurotic senior Labrador, are always by her side, educating her in empathy and understanding for all the oddballs and misfits who come through the vet clinic doors. Also beside her is Kevin, a human friend who lives with the joie de vivre most people only dream of having. From the clueless canine who inadvertently reveals a boyfriend's wandering ways to the companion who sees through a new mother's smiling facade, Jessica's stories from the clinic and life show how her love for canines lifts her up and grounds her, too. Above all, this book reminds us, with gentle humor and honesty, why we put up with the pee on the carpet, the chewed-up shoes, and the late-night trips to the vet: because the animals we love so much can, in fact, change our lives.
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The first third of this book is the author‘s youth and movement toward coming a veterinarian, and the rest is filled with dog stories both of her own pets and dogs she meets at work. I just loved it. There are sad bits, of course, but it mostly upbeat and happy for those who love dogs. Bindi gives it 2 dew claws up.

dabbe Bindi, you're awake! #handsomeboy 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
Leftcoastzen Yay!🐶 4mo
Soubhiville (Who is Kevin though?) sounds like a good read. 4mo
Hooked_on_books @Soubhiville Excellent question! Kevin is the author‘s husband‘s best friend. When their first family dog dies, the kids are 2 and 4, and when she told them the dog went to heaven, the 2 year old thought she said Kevin. Kevin then dies quite young (at 40; we find this out at the beginning of the book), so when the second dog dies, it makes sense for her to go to Kevin. It was very sweet. 4mo
Soubhiville Oh my gosh I love that 🩷 4mo
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I received this book for my birthday (yesterday) from my mom! She says it's very cute. I also love this subversive candle I received from a friend. We all need our holy people, after all! 😂

#Liberthday

rubyslippersreads ❤️ that 🕯! 😊 7y
KarenUK Happy Birthday! Hope you had a lovely day 💕 7y
Kimzey ❤️ Saint Jane! 😇. Happy birthday! 7y
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LeahBergen That candle!!! 😍 7y
ValerieAndBooks Happy birthday one day late 😊📚🎂📚!! 7y
rachelm Happy late birthday! Amazing candle! 7y
MicheleinPhilly Happy Belated! 7y
Hooked_on_books @rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @rachelm The candle is from the Philosopher's Guild. I've been on their website before--they have some fun bookish stuff! 7y
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You have no heart if you do not cry. One woman's story about becoming a vet in California.

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