My life in dog years

Fred

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• Fred

Description

The author describes some of the dogs that have had special places in his life, including his first dog, Snowball, in the Phillippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.

First Sentence

Though I ran sled dogs for close to ten years, did some twenty-two thousand miles with them, this book is not about sled dogs or running them.

Description

The author describes Fred, an "amazingly persistent" dog. To illustrate Fred's determination to finish his projects, Paulsen relates Fred's "Great Wire War" against the electric fence Paulsen had strung around the holding yard for Fred's best friend, Pig. Pig had hit the fence once and didn't care to try again. Fred decided a few days later that he wanted to visit his friend....

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Other Editions

• My Life in Dog Years - 1998 - Delacorte Press, New York, N.Y, New York (State)
• My life in dog years - 1998 - Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, New York, N.Y, New York (State)
• My life in dog years - 1999 - Macmillan Children's, London, England
• My life in dog years - 1999 - Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, New York, New York (State)
• My life in dog years - 2000 - Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Me, Maine
• My Life in Dog Years: 1 edition, Hardcover - 2003-11-02 - Thorndike Press