Review: LOVE BETWEEN DOGS
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2011
ZELLWOOD is a non-descript town in America.  Yet to ANNIE, it is a place she has to visit.Her longtime companion died, and she was not with him, but she knows he died.  She needs closure.It is up to her family to take her there . . . her "human" family, you see, ANNIE is a DOG and JAKE was a dog.  But love between them has no end.  ANNIE needs closure.  She will get it.This story really moved me.  "ARTIE" was a blond Labrador/Beagle mix.  She was born on Christmas Day, 1995 and passed away on 2 January 2011.  Rico der Hunter III, my German Shepherd knew her as his "surrogate" mommy.  They were inseparable.  The day she passed, we buried her in the back yard, with a nice marble stone over her grave and flowers.  Rico knew, and he spent many days in mourning.  The first thing he would do in the morning is go out and sit by her grave for a few minutes . . . and the same in the evening just at sunset.  He has come to accept her loss, but he still goes to her grave, maybe he's praying, maybe he's talking to her.ZELLWOOD by REBECCA STROUD is a very moving story of the love and bond between dogs . . . and their humans.FIVE STARS is not really high enough rating for this beautiful short story.Michael PhelpsAuthor