Sophie, dog overboard
Subtitle: the incredible true adventures of the castaway dog
By: Emma Pearse
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781444715194; 9781444715200; 9781444715224
Subjects: Sophie (Dog); Survival at sea; Human-animal relationships
Description: When Jan and Dave Griffith's beloved cattle dog, Sophie, fell overboard from the family yacht during rough weather, she feared the worst. But Sophie, a true Aussie battler, wasn't going to give up that easily. She swam six miles through shark-infested waters to a remote Whitsunday island where she survived for five months before being miraculously reunited with her amazed owners. Sophie, a highly domesticated dog, had been living ferally - and surviving. Yet one glimpse of her owners when they were reunited was enough for the old Sophie to re-emerge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Every girl needs a dog:; title: please, Mum ...; title: 2. The special one: Sophie chooses her bestie; title: 3. An empty nest, some sulking and a Griffith dog makes history; title: 4. All aboard Honey May: Sophie and the family go boating; title: 5. The terrible day: dog overboard; title: 6. Something awful happened; title: 7. Sophie: the castaway dog; title: 8. Life after Sophie: one foot in front of the other; title: 9. Sophie takes another swim; title: 10. Puppies make everything better: Ruby arrives; title: 11. St. Bees Island; title: Robinson blue dog; title: 12. So near and yet so far; title: 13. St Bees fuzzy grey bums [koala bears] and a blue dog; title: 14. The rangers set a trap; title: 15. ... sounds like it could be your dog; title: 16. Hey Tuck, where've you been?: the reunion; title: 17. Sophie goes domestic and the story goes viral; title: 18. Nobody else's girl.