Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 28
 A wonderful celebration of the bond between animals and their humans March 21, 2009
Ingrid King
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is a deeply moving story of the powerful connection between the author and her soulmate dog Maggie. This kind of a relationship tends to happen only once in a lifetime, and those of us who have been fortunate enough to share such a special relationship with an animal will find ourselves going down our own memory lane as we savor this book. Maggie enriched the author's life in ways she never could have imagined when she took that little black Lab puppy home with her. Maggie's joyful exuberant spirit touches all who come into contact with her. Maggie opens the author's heart and teaches her about trusting her intuition and listening with her heart. Interspersed with well-researched information about pet health care and advice on how to deal with the grieving process following the loss of a pet, this book shows us that animals are so much more than just pets. They are spiritual beings who are on this planet to teach us about joy.
Deeply moving and profound August 11, 2009
Barbara Techel (Elkhart Lake, WI)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
As I turned the pages of Maggie, the dog who changed my life, I felt a powerful kindred spirit connection with Dawn and Maggie. Their story is so similar to my own, and the path I am now on because of my own lab, Cassie Jo, who I lost to cancer in 2005.
What I love about Dawn Kairn is the fact that she opens her heart wide to the world in sharing Maggie's story and their journey. She took an extremely difficult situation of realizing she should have followed her intuition, turned it into a positive, and now shares her truth in this deeply profound book.
We can probably all say that at least once in our life we have wished we followed our own intuition. Dawn's intuition of cancer in Maggie, along with her vivid dreams, which she recalled and wrote in exquisite detail after each dream, brought to light what her gut was telling her all along.
Even though there was a time Dawn could not forgive herself for not trusting what she believed was wrong with Maggie, she took a tough life changing lesson and turned into a blessing. The blessing of helping others understand that if our intuition is telling us something about our beloved animal, to follow it, no matter what anyone else says. She also takes all the heartache (and much joy) of her life with Maggie and shares it in this deeply moving memoir that I found very hard to put down.
I laughed, reminisced, forgave myself for my own guilt with Cassie Jo, and cried for the loss of Maggie, who was a beautiful, knowing soul. At times I felt as if Maggie and Cassie Jo were twins because of the amazing spiritual lessons they taught Dawn and I.
Dawn captures the essence and spirituality of dogs, as well as, eloquently gives us her heart by sharing Maggie with all of us, and I for one, am a better person for reading their story.
Maggie: the dog who changed my life: A Story of Love July 18, 2009
P. Bakken
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Within the past year I have lost both of my dogs, 4/7/08 and 5/6/09. I read a borrowed copy of MAGGIE, and will buy my own copy as I want to read it again and use it as a reference if I should be lucky enough to own another dog. MAGGIE gave me peace in my grieving process and helped me appreciate the time I had with my great friends. I will refer to MAGGIE again in pet ownership regarding food and vet services.
Thank you Dawn for a great, readable book.
A beautiful brave book, a story many of us will recognize as our own November 18, 2009
Max
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A beautiful brave book, a story many of us will recognize as our own. If you have ever totally fallen in love with your dog - this may be your own story. Its often the first dog we have that is ours, they follow us everywhere, seem to understand exactly what we are feeling and need. They inspire us to learn more about them and ourselves. We grow, yearning to be who they believe we are and to deserve the love they give so freely. We regret not knowing more the second they come into our lives, but they are a catalyst for us to become more and be better more understanding caregivers. This is Karens and Maggies spiritual journey together, that is mirrored in so many of our lives. Dawn put it in words in a way few of us can, but for all of us who have experienced a "Maggie" - we will recognize ourselves and our one in a million dogs in this book and finish knowing someone else out there totally gets it! Thank you Dawn, you shared so much..
A Moving and Memorable Tribute to a Best Friend November 19, 2009
DEBORAH EADES (Cincinnati, Ohio)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
There are scores of books to choose from about dealing with the loss of your pet, or a tribute to a much loved dog. MAGGIE is both of those and so much more as it explores the human-animal bond and the way dogs can communicate with us without a word. Dawn had a special connection with Maggie and intuitively knew when something was terribly wrong even though she could not get a diagnosis from the vet. When Maggie is finally diagnosed, too late, with an aggressive cancer she feels guilt over not acting on her instincts but uses that painful life lesson to go on and make a difference in the lives of others. I connected with Maggie's story on so many levels and couldn't put it down. My daughter has a black lab who looks so much like Maggie and has health issues as do so many of this breed because of bad breeding and genetics. My sister lost a beloved shihtzu last Christmas to the same aggressive cancer that Maggie had. Because I lost my "soul dog" in 2002 to melanoma, I am now fanatical about checking my dogs for lumps and bumps to catch it early while still curable. In September it paid off when a small black lump was removed from my 12 year old dog Wookie's toe that had only appeared 2 weeks earlier - melanoma. This book will touch you deeply if you have ever loved a dog and you will learn the lessons of listening to your inner voice when it comes to sensing that something is just not right with them. Dawn has taken a deeply personal story of love and loss and shared it with all of us who are devoted to our dogs and want to help and make a difference for all of those who don't have a voice. After the loss of Maggie she went on to rescue an 11 year old Golden Retriever named Chloe who had lost her family. Senior dogs hold a special place in my heart, as my "MAGGIE" was an old dog named Sam that I adopted at 7 and shared 5 gloriously happy years together until I lost him to cancer also. If there are dog lovers on your Christmas list, "MAGGIE The Dog Who Changed my Life" should be in their stocking.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 28
|
