The Dog Lover Unit: Lessons in Courage from the World's K9 Cop[s
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Lover-Unit-Lessons-Courage/dp/1250110742
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The Dog Lover Unit: Lessons in Courage from the World’s K9 Cops is getting great publicity!
"Enter the intense world of both the dogs and people who form the K9 corps. Every dog has its own unique personality." —Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make us Human
What do you get when a poet does ride-alongs with police K-9 units in four different countries? You get a unique, insightful, and well-written book like this. It is a must read for anyone interested in these dedicated police officers and their valiant canine partners.
Stanley Coren, author of "How Dogs Think" and "The Intelligence of Dogs"
I riff about my high-speed K9 adventures on CBC radio on April 2, and then April 7th. Check out the CBC website: http://www.cbc.ca/radio
The response to my essay about love, marriage and attack dog therapy (ha!) has been tremendously moving. So many people reached out to me, publicly and privately, to connect and to share their own profound transformations with me. You can read the piece here:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-going-to-the-attack-dogs-made-me-feel-alive-in-a-way-i-hadnt-felt/
In a journey through four countries, pursuing canine law enforcement units and their stories, Rose delivers a multi-faceted immersion memoir: observations, interviews, analysis, criticisms, and praise of how different nations approach policing with and without dogs…. Every police dog story reveals courage, dedication, and a will to live life fully, but the most profound narrative is Rachel Rose’s healing. The dogs, the police, and the poet are a convincing team, which demonstrates how courage can come only from exploring our fears. Here’s to those fear-filled adventures that take our breath away and keep us coming back for more.
—Amber Anderson
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative
I so appreciate this great review of The Dog Lover Unit in The Toronto Star:
“In the case of Vancouver’s poet laureate Rachel Rose, the acuity she’s exhibited in verse is also evident when applied to a new genre. Absorbing, informative and thoughtful, The Dog Lover Unit manages to be emotionally rewarding and provocative as well. The questions raised and poignant episodes linger well after the final page is finished.”
By BRETT JOSEF GRUBISIC
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2017/11/17/poets-rachel-rose-eileen-myles-write-about-dogs-and-our-bond-with-them.html
More good coverage of The Dog Lover Unit here in Monte Cristo Magazine!
http://montecristomagazine.com/community/dog-lover-unit-lessons-courage-worlds-k9-cops
Marcie Davis, Host of Working Like Dogs Radio, was such an interesting and knowledgeable dog expert. It was a pleasure to talk to her, to learn about her service dogs, and to tell her about my motivation for writing The Dog Lover Unit. You can listen to our conversation here:
http://www.petliferadio.com/workingdogs.html
The Daily Iowan interviewed me while I was reading from The Dog Lover Unit in Iowa City: Thanks so much, Madison Lotenschtein:
http://daily-iowan.com/2017/11/02/rachel-rose-author-essayist-poet-and-dog-lover/
Happy to see this great review of The Dog Lover Unit in the Winnipeg Free Press:
“Rose is a skilled writer, bringing to life the personalities of each police officer she spends time with as they train and work with their dogs.
She evokes the potential danger and thrill of chasing and tracking a criminal in the middle of the night when she accompanies officers on ride-alongs….
In The Dog Lover Unit, Rachel Rose presents a realistic depiction of the lives of K9 units — one that can’t fail to make us more aware of and grateful for these big-hearted dogs and their dedicated handlers.”
--Andrea Geary
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/vancouver-poet-follows-dedicated-k9-units-455117683.html
“Who Let The Dogs Out?” Rachel Rose and RCMP Police Dog Handler Jamie Dopson with K9 Chrisa on Breakfast Television Vancouver live on CityTV:
http://www.btvancouver.ca/videos/the-dog-lover-unit/
RCMP Police Dog Handler Jamie Dopson with K9 Chrisa to speak with Our Vancouver, Host: Gloria Macarenko
on CBC Television:
https://globalnews.ca/video/3930292/the-dog-lover-unit#autoplay
And Corporal Michelle Onysko and Police Dog Drago and I appeared on Global News at noon:
https://globalnews.ca/video/3930292/the-dog-lover-unit#autoplay
Doing the interview and video interview with Vancouver Sun reporter Denise Ryan and VPD Sergeant Ray Wong with K9 Hunter was so much fun!
“Rose is a skilled writer, bringing to life the personalities of each police officer she spends time with as they train and work with their dogs.
She evokes the potential danger and thrill of chasing and tracking a criminal in the middle of the night when she accompanies officers on ride-alongs.”
--Denise Ryan
Read the whole article and watch the video here:
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/1008-going-to-the-dogs
"Enter the intense world of both the dogs and people who form the K9 corps. Every dog has its own unique personality." —Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make us Human
What do you get when a poet does ride-alongs with police K-9 units in four different countries? You get a unique, insightful, and well-written book like this. It is a must read for anyone interested in these dedicated police officers and their valiant canine partners.
Stanley Coren, author of "How Dogs Think" and "The Intelligence of Dogs"
I riff about my high-speed K9 adventures on CBC radio on April 2, and then April 7th. Check out the CBC website: http://www.cbc.ca/radio
The response to my essay about love, marriage and attack dog therapy (ha!) has been tremendously moving. So many people reached out to me, publicly and privately, to connect and to share their own profound transformations with me. You can read the piece here:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-going-to-the-attack-dogs-made-me-feel-alive-in-a-way-i-hadnt-felt/
In a journey through four countries, pursuing canine law enforcement units and their stories, Rose delivers a multi-faceted immersion memoir: observations, interviews, analysis, criticisms, and praise of how different nations approach policing with and without dogs…. Every police dog story reveals courage, dedication, and a will to live life fully, but the most profound narrative is Rachel Rose’s healing. The dogs, the police, and the poet are a convincing team, which demonstrates how courage can come only from exploring our fears. Here’s to those fear-filled adventures that take our breath away and keep us coming back for more.
—Amber Anderson
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative
I so appreciate this great review of The Dog Lover Unit in The Toronto Star:
“In the case of Vancouver’s poet laureate Rachel Rose, the acuity she’s exhibited in verse is also evident when applied to a new genre. Absorbing, informative and thoughtful, The Dog Lover Unit manages to be emotionally rewarding and provocative as well. The questions raised and poignant episodes linger well after the final page is finished.”
By BRETT JOSEF GRUBISIC
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2017/11/17/poets-rachel-rose-eileen-myles-write-about-dogs-and-our-bond-with-them.html
More good coverage of The Dog Lover Unit here in Monte Cristo Magazine!
http://montecristomagazine.com/community/dog-lover-unit-lessons-courage-worlds-k9-cops
Marcie Davis, Host of Working Like Dogs Radio, was such an interesting and knowledgeable dog expert. It was a pleasure to talk to her, to learn about her service dogs, and to tell her about my motivation for writing The Dog Lover Unit. You can listen to our conversation here:
http://www.petliferadio.com/workingdogs.html
The Daily Iowan interviewed me while I was reading from The Dog Lover Unit in Iowa City: Thanks so much, Madison Lotenschtein:
http://daily-iowan.com/2017/11/02/rachel-rose-author-essayist-poet-and-dog-lover/
Happy to see this great review of The Dog Lover Unit in the Winnipeg Free Press:
“Rose is a skilled writer, bringing to life the personalities of each police officer she spends time with as they train and work with their dogs.
She evokes the potential danger and thrill of chasing and tracking a criminal in the middle of the night when she accompanies officers on ride-alongs….
In The Dog Lover Unit, Rachel Rose presents a realistic depiction of the lives of K9 units — one that can’t fail to make us more aware of and grateful for these big-hearted dogs and their dedicated handlers.”
--Andrea Geary
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/vancouver-poet-follows-dedicated-k9-units-455117683.html
“Who Let The Dogs Out?” Rachel Rose and RCMP Police Dog Handler Jamie Dopson with K9 Chrisa on Breakfast Television Vancouver live on CityTV:
http://www.btvancouver.ca/videos/the-dog-lover-unit/
RCMP Police Dog Handler Jamie Dopson with K9 Chrisa to speak with Our Vancouver, Host: Gloria Macarenko
on CBC Television:
https://globalnews.ca/video/3930292/the-dog-lover-unit#autoplay
And Corporal Michelle Onysko and Police Dog Drago and I appeared on Global News at noon:
https://globalnews.ca/video/3930292/the-dog-lover-unit#autoplay
Doing the interview and video interview with Vancouver Sun reporter Denise Ryan and VPD Sergeant Ray Wong with K9 Hunter was so much fun!
“Rose is a skilled writer, bringing to life the personalities of each police officer she spends time with as they train and work with their dogs.
She evokes the potential danger and thrill of chasing and tracking a criminal in the middle of the night when she accompanies officers on ride-alongs.”
--Denise Ryan
Read the whole article and watch the video here:
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/1008-going-to-the-dogs
