Preface: The Perfect Dog
1. And Puppy Makes Three
2. Running with the Blue Bloods
3. Homeward Bound
4. Mr. Wiggles
5. The Test Strip
6. Matters of the Heart
7. Master and Beast
8. A Battle of Wills
9. The Stuff Males Are Made Of
10. The Luck of the Irish
11. The Things He Ate
12. Welcome to the Indigent Ward
13. A Scream in the Night
14. An Early Arrival
15. A Postpartum Ultimatum
16. The Audition
17. In the Land of Bocahontas
18. Alfresco Dining
19. Lightning Strikes
20. Dog Beach
21. A Northbound Plane
22. In the Land of Pencils
23. Poultry on Parade
24. The Potty Room
25. Beating the Odds
26. Borrowed Time
27. The Big Meadow
28. Beneath the Cherry Trees
29. The Bad Dog Club
Acknowledgments