The Ultimate Dog Lover: The Best Experts' Advice for a Happy, Healthy Dog with Stories and Photos of Incredible Canines
Marty Becker, D.V.M., is passionate about his work fostering the affection and connection between animals and people that he calls, "The Bond." Dr. Becker is regularly featured on ABC-TV's,Good Morning America. He is a contributing pet-care writer forParademagazine, and frequent veterinary contributor toThe Martha Stewart Show. He also co-writes the award-winning weekly column on pets and their care, PetConnection, which appears in newspapers across the United States and Canada through the Universal Press Syndicate. Becker is also the host of "The Pet Doctor" onPBS. He has been named Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year for the U.S. by the Delta Society and the American Veterinary Medical Association, and also coauthored fourteen pet books that have sold over six million copies includingChicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul, bowWOWand TheNew York TimesbestsellerWhy Do Dogs Drink Out of the Toilet?  Marty and his family enjoy life in Northern Idaho and share Almost Heaven Ranch with four barn cats, three dogs, and four Quarter Horses.Gina Spadaforiwas named the 2007 recipient of the annual Excellence in Pet Industry Journalism Award by The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA) & Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA). She is the coauthor of theNew York Timesbestseller,Why Do Dogs Drink out of the Toilet?,Why Do Cats Always Land on Their Feet?, and the bestsellingDogs for Dummies. Since 1984, she has written an award-winning weekly column on pets and their care, which now appears in newspapers across the United States and Canada through the Universal Press Syndicate. Gina has served on the boards of directors of both the Cat Writers Association and the Dog Writers Association of America. She has won the DWAA's Maxwell Medallion for the best newspaper column, and her column has also been honored with a certificate of excellence by the CWA. Her books have been translated into many languages, including French, Serbian, Danish, Japanese and Russian. Gina has also headed one of the first and largest online pet-care sites, the Pet Care Forum, America Online's founding source of pet-care information. Gina lives in northern California in a decidedly multispecies home.Carol Kline has been an animal rescue volunteer for over ten years. At present, she is affiliated with the Noah's Ark Animal Foundation, in Fairfield, Iowa, a volunteer effort that saves lost, stray and abandoned cats and dogs. A freelance writer, she has written for numerous publications and coauthored several books on a variety of topics, including the bestsellingChicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover's Soul, andChicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul.    Mikkel Beckerhas been a contributing author to Knight Ridder newspapers andChicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul,and has written forCat FancyMagazine. She is the children's education coordinator for the Whitman County Humane Society in Washington State.