Rating:  Summary: how to rehabilitate a lost soul Review: This marvelous book tells how a car-chasing, useless pup was transformed into a magnificient dog. Anecdotes of the process are used as parables to show us how even some of our worst characteristics can be a blessing, when we stop trying to use them in self-serving ways and use them to serve God's will and purposes.
I highly reccomend this book for anyone in a 12 step program, or for anyone attempting to train a stockdog
Rating:  Summary: Tells good things about dogs Review: When Phillip Keller established a sheep ranch in Canada he soon realized he would require a sheep dog--and fate brought him to Lass, an abused Border Collie with a fierce and stubborn disposition. Clearly there was much for Lass to learn! But there was also a great deal for Keller to learn, and in his work with Lass, Keller sees his own spiritual journey reflected.In many respects this is a charming, unpretentious, and often thought provoking book, filled with memorable phrases and insights. Even so, and in spite of its brevity (it runs less than less one hundred small pages), it is surprisingly repetitive; Keller essentially gives the complete history of Lass in the first two chapters, a fact that leaves no room for the reader to be surprised by his later reflections. Still, I recommend it--particularly for the Christian dog-lover in your life. GFT, Amazon Reviewer
Rating:  Summary: Charming, Thought Provoking, But Slightly Repetitive Review: When Phillip Keller established a sheep ranch in Canada he soon realized he would require a sheep dog--and fate brought him to Lass, an abused Border Collie with a fierce and stubborn disposition. Clearly there was much for Lass to learn! But there was also a great deal for Keller to learn, and in his work with Lass, Keller sees his own spiritual journey reflected. In many respects this is a charming, unpretentious, and often thought provoking book, filled with memorable phrases and insights. Even so, and in spite of its brevity (it runs less than less one hundred small pages), it is surprisingly repetitive; Keller essentially gives the complete history of Lass in the first two chapters, a fact that leaves no room for the reader to be surprised by his later reflections. Still, I recommend it--particularly for the Christian dog-lover in your life. GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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