Founder and Executive Director of The Good Dog Foundation Rachel McPherson At the Book Revue

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Founder and executive director of The Good Dog Foundation
Rachel McPherson will speak about and sign her new book, "Every Dog Has a Gift: True Stories of Dogs Who Bring Hope and Healing into Our Lives."

Anyone who has ever had a relationship with a dog will tell you: They want nothing more than to give love and be loved in return. In Every Dog Has a Gift, Rachel McPherson draws on her experience as the founder and executive director of The Good Dog Foundation, the largest animal-assisted therapy organization on the East Coast, to share the amazing stories of dogs that bring hope and healing into our lives.

Much has been said about the heroic roles dogs played following September 11th and Hurricane Katrina in providing support and comfort for the families and victims of these terrible tragedies, but the truth is that millions of dogs around the world are heroes every day. These therapy and service dogs (and often quite ordinary, "uncertified" dogs just like your own!) can:

• Serve as the perfect audience for kids who need help with practicing and improving their reading skills;
• Hold troubled families together;
• Provide a calm and centering presence for autistic children, and
• Help individuals who have lost the ability to walk to more easily navigate the world.

Every Dog Has a Gift is a celebration of the gift that each and every dog possesses: the ability to bring the healing power of unconditional love into our lives.

Rachel McPherson is the founder and executive director of The Good Dog Foundation, which has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, PBS, and elsewhere. The foundation has received awards from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the American Red Cross, for its work at Ground Zero with the families of victims of 9/11, and was honored on the floor of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show for its work with Hurricane Katrina survivors.