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Soldier Dog Comes Marching In

Posted on 30th April, by Kevin Hanrahan in Dog Advocate, Writer. 23 Comments

I’ve decided to branch out a bit with the blog and try something new. I wanted to interview an author whose work I respect and admire. But I didn’t want to stray too far from the core of my blog, which led me to New York Times Besting Selling author Maria Goodavage. Maria’s book Soldier Dogs is the Untold Story of America’s Canine Heroes. If you have checked out my Facebook page you may have seen some posts about Maria’s incredible work.

Maria is a former San Francisco Chronicle and USA Today reporter and currently the news editor at Say Media’s Dogster.com. She has been writing about dogs for years. After one conversation with her you will realize that she is an absolutely fabulous lady and a complete dog lover.

Maria grew up hearing stories from her father on … Read More »





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