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Table of Contents

5 INTRODUCTION

8 DOGS NEED MORE
THAN A BONE
8 A Dog’s Super Senses
10 What Every Dog Needs
11 Dog Champions – Kayla Levasseur: Helping Homeless Animals

13 THE WORLD IS FULL OF DOGS
14 Puppy Mill Puppies
16 Dog Breeding
17 Dog Champions – Mone Lidel and Mackenzie
Davis: Spreading the Word about Puppy Mills

19 STREET DOG WORLD
19 Life on the Street
20 Dog Champions – Ayna Agarwal: Helping Dogs
Around the World

22 BAD JOBS FOR DOGS
22 Working Nine to Five
23 Fragile Athletes
24 Long Distance Racing
26 Subjects of Science Experiments
27 Dog Champions – Brittney and Ines: Keep
Shelter Dogs Out of Science

28 DOGGIE HEALTH AND SAFETY
28 Chain Pain
32 Dog Champions – TV News Anchor: The Linz Law
33 Problems with Pedigrees
34 Strange Surgeries
35 Dog Champions – Jordan Star: Don’t Silence the Dogs
36 Too Many Bites!
37 Some Dog Breeds Get a Bad Rap
38 Dog Champions – Habitat for Hounds and the Graffiti Doghouse Build
40 SHELTERS AND SAFE HAVENS
40 America’s First Dog Shelters
41 Three Kinds of Shelters
43 Dog Champions – Animal Aid in Udaipur
44 When Shelters Aren’t Safe Havens
45 Dog Champions – Arianne & Peter Melton: Help
Shelter Animals Stay Happy

46 HOMELESS DOGS NEED YOU
46 Why Adopt a Dog?
47 How to Adopt a Dog
50 Dog Champions – R.J. and Trudy: Dogs on Reserves

51 A WORLD OF CHAMPIONS
51 Dog Rescue Champions
52 Dog Champions – Animals Asia and Dr. Dog
53 A Diversity of Dog Champions
59 Dog Champions – Animal Advocates Club:
Pushing for Change One Dog at a Time
60 The Dog Lover’s Pledge

62 GLOSSARY
63 INDEX

About the Author

Rob Laidlaw has devoted his life to protecting animals and empowering others to do the same. He is the founder of several animal protection organizations and an author of 6 children's books about animal welfare and activism. No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs won the OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award and the Hackmatack Award; its companion book, Cat Champions: Caring for our Feline Friends, is nominated for the same awards. Rob lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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Canine lovers will discover a broad array of topics useful for caring for dogs and becoming an advocate for their humane treatment. Chapters are brief but chock-full of information ... Children will come away from this book educated and inspired to become 'Dog Champions.' School Library Journal Laidlaw urges readers to become "Dog Champions" by learning about the threats facing dogs and advocating for their welfare. While statistics about homeless and maltreated dogs are grim ... , Laidlaw offers heartening profiles of children and adults taking action around the world. Publishers Weekly An informative and visually varied introduction to problems affecting dogs worldwide. Kirkus [An] engaging text ... Abundantly stocked with color photographs and supplemented with online resources and a glossary, this book invites children to pause and consider our friends who have paws. Booklist Even if your budget is tight (whose isn't?) you will still want to find the money to purchase No Shelter Here which is so much more than just another dog book ... Impassioned, empowering and informative, No Shelter Here will fill a void in your dog books collection that you may not have even known you had. **Highly Recommended** CM Magazine This book provides information regarding maltreatment, hints and tips for owners, and highlights individuals and organizations making a difference in world for dogs. Ontario Library Association Best Bets No Shelter Here is my favorite kind of animal book - packed with information that will help dogs, but without the pessimistic overtones that so often make them hard to read. Vancouver Humane Society Executive Director This book is a remarkable gift of inspiration, passion, and celebration of how children can learn to protect dogs from the unkind and irresponsible realities around the world. Marin Humane Society, California

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