With heartwarming, funny, silly, and sad tributes, Dog Blessings honors the special connection between people and their canine friends. The selections are arranged into such browser-friendly sections as Puppies, Devotion, Aging Gracefully, It's a Dog's World, The Powerful Bond, Partings and Inspiration. The collection includes selections of poetry and prose from famous and not-so-famous writers, such as Ellen Bass, Fran Dorf, Edgar A. Guest, Rudyard Kipling, Milan Kundera, Bernie Siegel, Samuel Butler, Barbara Crooker, and Kelly Cherry. The selections include eloquent and amusing descriptions of days at the beach, puppies playing, chasing balls and Frisbees, children and dogs together, the dinner bowl and kibble, rescue dogs, shelter dogs with their tongues flying in the wind.