#33 Maria Goodavage - Doctor Dogs: How Our Best Friends Are Becoming Our Best Medicine

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HOWDY HI BOOKSHELVERS!What a bloomin' treat we have in store for you this week! Doctor Dogs by Maria Goodavage is a book that has opened up a whole word of wonder for us at Barks HQ. Not only will it blow your mind as to the abilities of the wonderful medical detection and service dogs within its pages, it will also clarify and widen your appreciation of our four legged friends and how they can effect the lives of us human animals in mind bending and humbling ways. Your heart will grow if you let this book into your head!  Maria facts: Former USA Today journalist Maria Goodavage is considered one of the foremost author experts on working dogs after the publication of her critically-acclaimed New York Times bestselling books, Soldier Dogs, Top Dog, and Secret Service Dogs. Her latest book, Doctor Dogs: How Our Best Friends Are Becoming Our Best Medicine, has won hearts around the world. Maria has appeared on numerous national TV shows, including The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and Today, and has given talks about working dogs at the New York Stock Exchange, National Museum of the United States Air Force, and other notable venues. Maria lives in San Francisco with her yellow Lab, Gus, among other people Maria's websitehttps://www.mariagoodavage.com Doctor Dogs Facebook Page https://m.facebook.com/DoctorDogsNews/ Doctor Dogs Theme https://youtu.be/6qBYzj7Dfrk Gus’s “big” find https://twitter.com/bestofnextdoor/status/1218913813392609281 Soldier Dogs Facebook Page https://m.facebook.com/SoldierDogs/ Link to our Patreon page to help support us make the show! https://www.patreon.com/Bookshelvers Link to Steve & Corrins Goodall Dog Training Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/goodalldogs/ Link to Nat's Training & Behaviour Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Natdogs/ Link to Drax's Galactic Adventure Facebook page (Nat's rescued Irish Wolfhound) https://www.facebook.com/Draxthewolfhound/ Link to Steve & Sallys Childrens book 'Jack & Billy Puppy Tales' https://www.facebook.com/JackandBillyPuppyTales/ Link to Grant Sharkey's Spotify page (Grant's amazing song 'Grow' features each week as our outro tune. https://open.spotify.com/artist/13PaCwwgVR77TbJH6XAVHQ?si=EOQGmWdCRCiXdECNmJvNAQn