Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway by Peter Zheutlin
A must-read for anyone who loves dogs.
The further I got into the book, the more engrossed I became. It is a very well-written, very compelling story about an incredible and emotional topic: Dog rescue — particularly one man's twice-monthly drives to Louisiana to pick up dogs in need and transport them to northeastern states to permanent homes with loving families.
The author (Zheutlin) not only did a great job telling the story of the dog transporter (Greg Mahle), he also joined him on the long journey to pick up the dogs and deliver them up north and became part of the rescue effort himself. Cleaning kennels, walking dogs, giving dogs extra comfort & attention when they needed it, and even adopting one of the dogs he helped! All of that really drew me in to the story of Greg's dedication as well as the often-heartbreaking back-stories of each of the dogs who came to be part of Greg's "Rescue Road Trips".
Also, the Author's Note at the end of the book is a must-read for anyone wanting to get a dog. Zheutlin very clearly lays out the most important, practical–yet usually overlooked—aspects of getting & owning a dog: Do you have the time, energy and patience to meet a dog's needs? And do you have the empathy to WANT to do so?
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