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A new sounding board, a new cheerleader that would always be there to root for her. \u003cstrong\u003eJoan desired someone or something to end her darkness and loss of direction. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Magically, \u003cstrong\u003ea miracle soon appeared in the form of a beautiful charming dog, Rio\u003c\/strong\u003e, a gift to her, but she didn't realize it at first. Slowly and surely her new canine friend diagnosed her malady and started her healing process by \u003cstrong\u003eproviding her with unconditional love every day and enticing her back into the bright daylight of life. \u003c\/strong\u003eStep by canine step, her devoted Rio encouraged her daily to pursue new activities together with him. These included showing in the conformation ring and trialing in rally and herding and other dog sports. The training, practice, and competition of these activities, coupled with meeting new friends in training and at the shows were just what Joan needed. Her clouds of darkness and loneliness started to dissipate. \u003cbr\u003e Joan's passage through this portion of her life may help the reader deal with their own loss of family, friends, and furry and feathered companions when that time arrives. \u003cstrong\u003eThe ability of her sweet boy, Rio, to lovingly kiss her every day, heal her wounds and lead her out of her depression may even encourage many to visit their local pet rescue to find that sweet soul \u003c\/strong\u003ethat will move them to once again join in the beautiful dance of life  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e This precious and heartwarming book is written for everyone, \u003c\/strong\u003e not just pet owners.Younger readers and those new to dog showing and trialing, and other activities no matter what age, will be fascinated by the number of activities that are available to them. Readers, pet owners or not, will be intrigued by the discussion of the intelligence and abilities of many canine breeds that are just recently attaining recognition for their many talents including cancer detection. 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