Short Leash : A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance / Janice Gary.

October 1991 -- October 2001 -- Fall 2001 -- November 2001 -- The Southern Love Puppy -- Dr. Barney and Mr. Hyde -- Winter 2002 -- The Four-Legged Crutch -- March 2002 -- Spring 2002 -- Summer 2002 -- Random Acts -- Fall 2002 -- Winter 2003 -- Spring 2003 -- Summer 2003 -- Fall 2003 -- Melting -- Winter 2004 -- Tuesdays in the Park -- Spring 2004 -- June 2004 -- Summer 2004 -- Next Steps -- Fall 2004 -- Smoke and Mirrors -- Winter 2005 -- March Madness -- Spring 2005 -- Third Wheel, Sixth Sense -- Summer 2005 -- Fall 2005 -- Going Back -- November 2005 -- Winter 2006 -- February 2006 -- Spring 2006 -- Summer 2006.

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The author never walked alone without a dog, a big dog. Once, she was an adventurer, a girl who ran off to California with big dreams and hopes of leaving her past behind. But after a brutal rape, her youthful bravado vanished, replaced by a crippling need for safety. When she rescues a gangly Lab-Rottweiler pup, the author is sure she's found her biggest protector yet. But after Barney is attacked by a vicious dog, he becomes a clone of his attacker, trying to kill any dog that comes near him. Walking with Barney is impossible. Yet walking without him is unthinkable. After years of being exiled by her terror and Barney's defensiveness, she risks taking her dog to a park near the Chesapeake Bay. There, she begins the messy, lurching process of walking into her greatest fears. As the leash of the past unravels, Barney sheds the defensive behaviors that once shackled him and the author steps out of the self-imposed isolation that held her captive for three decades. This book is much more than a 'dog story' or a book about recovering from trauma. It is a moving tale of love and loss, the journey of a broken soul finding its way toward wholeness.

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