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Marley meets…Cujo?
A dog down the block is being forced to live outside, at the mercy of abusers, wild animals and brutal weather. The author does nothing—at first. Then, an accidental meeting with Lance, a Border Collie, sets the wheels in motion for a life-saving rescue and a disappointing discovery Lance turns out to be a semi-feral dog.
During the first twenty-four hours of his liberation, he attacks both the author and his wife, and soon proves to be a threat to anyone he can get his teeth on. His rescuers ask themselves Do we euthanize the dog we rescued? Making their soul-searching even more difficult is Lance’s alter ego; when not threatening, he’s getting into all kinds of highly entertaining mischief. Among the many “victims” of his hilarious quirkiness are a State Trooper, the local school bus driver, and a neighborhood drug dealer.
This rollicking and—at times—heart-wrenching, true-life account of the unorthodox rescue of an unorthodox dog has been called “riveting,” “spellbinding,” and ”jaw-dropping.” The compelling tale reveals as much about the rescuers as it does the rescued.
Lance A Spirit Unbroken is a book for any reader looking to have her or his faith in the human race restored.
Lance A Spirit Unbroken edition by walter stoffel Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
I have read books about dogs. All sorts of dogs, Hero dogs, Champion dogs, rescue dogs, working dogs, etc, etc. Fact and fiction. All breeds, mutts and Border collies. And I have read hundreds of books over the yearsBut this is THE best book about a dog that I have ever read. and it's fact, not fiction.
I was ready to sit down to read accompanied by a box of tissues, I found I didn't need them, except to wipe away the tears of laughter that at times streamed down my face.
This is not a tear jerker. This is a book that has been written with humour and a humble admittance by his "rescuers" of their total lack of knowledge
of what is a Border collie. But they learn quite a lot along the way.
I was gobsmacked at the unbelievable naievete of Walter and Clara when they took on Lance and their jaw dropping courage to keep him and love him to a ripe old age in spite of the many "glitches" along the way..
If you are going to read a book about a dog, you MUST read Lance by Walter Stoffel.
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Lance A Spirit Unbroken edition by walter stoffel Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks Reviews
I received this book as an ARC for my honest review.
I have no idea why this book was written. It was repetitive and pointless. Lance is a dog that has lived in hell for 10 years of his life and Walter rescues him by buying a new house for this dog. All Walter has ever done is take him for walks but he decides that Lance should live with him even though he has been told he doesn't do well inside of houses and the owners really don't want to give him up. I applaud that he did what he did and this poor dog at least got to live inside of a house for the remaining years he had but I didn't really see the point of this dog. He didn't do any special and Clara and Walter lived in fear and terror for years. Just wasn't my kind of book I guess.
This is a good dog lover’s read, which may require the grabbing of a box of tissues before one reads to the inevitable end.
One of the strongest features of this book is that it is undoubtedly one hundred percent true. One knows that every incident happened just like that, without Stoffel being drawn into even plumping up the truth. We get a feel for exactly what it is like, not just living with a headstrong dog but one that has been severely damaged by past treatment. We can’t help but appreciate what a commitment any dog, let alone a Lance was. The sad thing is that, it is those that don’t appreciate animals that would most benefit from reading this book. In reality, most readers are going to be committed dog lovers who understand the sentient nature of the creatures. This is the sort of book that should be required reading for those planning on having a dog as a pet. Many of the manifest problems in Lance are extreme, but they are common to all dogs by degree. Collies, especially pure bred/inbred ones, quite plausibly because they are particularly intelligent dogs, are prone to psychotic behaviour.
I was drawn to remember the intelligently calm behaviour of George the sheepdog, in the closing years of a tough life, in Thomas Hardy’s ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’, as contrasted with George’s son, the over-excitable and scatty younger dog that may have been born with a touch of madness. In human terms, I believe we might say that the first ten years of Lance’s tough life left him with a containable but incurable schizophrenia, even if he was as potentially well-adjusted as George when he was born. Humans are no different. Once driven to madness there is often no road that leads to a full recovery. The author and his wife did all they could to give Lance a stable and loving home. I draw attention to this classic 19th Century book to demonstrate that
Chapter by chapter, this read is very entertaining. I am though critical of the quantity of repetition and back-peddling. There were too many times when the author seemed to be say, ‘Oh, that reminds me of something earlier’, and then proceeds to run back to an earlier point in the chronology. In the end, that is a minor criticism though temporarily distracting.
Stoffel’s writing style makes for easy reading. My overall thoughs on reaching the end were of pleasure in having been so well entertained. Of course, the story contains a lot of sadness when inevitably the end of the book was also the end of the line for Lance. I have little doubt that the author was changed more by their tight companionship than was ever the dog.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Walter and Clara become a living embodiment of this adage when they adopt an abused dog. For 10 years, Lance has lived a horrible life, staked out in the backyard of by a family who has no business owning a gerbil let alone an intelligent border collie. Walter thinks Lance will have a much better life with them and he does, but the dog can’t shake off the damage he suffered. Unpredictable and often violent, Lance turns their home into a house people are afraid to visit and where the residents live in constant anticipation of getting bitten.
Walter, knowing Lance needs exercise, if happy to walk him but the dog insists on hours-long treks through the woods when he isn’t breaking out of his enclosure and sneaking onto a school bus. The kids sacrifice their lunches in an effort to get him to leave.
At times tragic, at others hilarious, Lance turns every car trip into a bout of canine hysteria, destroying kennels which are built to contain wolves. On a few occasions, Lance stumbles into drug deals in the woods, dragging Walter into some very awkward encounters.
The story of Lance is one of two people determined to do the right thing even when the right thing keeps biting them. It is also the story of a dog who wants to be a good, but can’t quite pull it off.
Everyone who wants to know why children and animals should not be abused should read this book.
Highly recommended.
This was such a good read. To take in this poor guy and give him a loving home was so heartwarming. These poor animals get lost in the day to day through no fault of their own. Thank you for giving him a better life! Even at such a personal cost!
This book brought back good & bad memories of two rescue dogs we had. One was a border collie who at 7 weeks was chained up outside, next to a busy street. We were able to get him after a couple of weeks, but he still had issues to deal with the rest of his life. He died from medical problems at age 2.
This is a story well told. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves and appreciates dogs. How humans can be so cruel to animals or children, and affect their entire lives is a mystery to me. How we learn to make due with what is left is what we do. RIP Lance. Thank you Walter and Clara.
I have read books about dogs. All sorts of dogs, Hero dogs, Champion dogs, rescue dogs, working dogs, etc, etc. Fact and fiction. All breeds, mutts and Border collies. And I have read hundreds of books over the years
But this is THE best book about a dog that I have ever read. and it's fact, not fiction.
I was ready to sit down to read accompanied by a box of tissues, I found I didn't need them, except to wipe away the tears of laughter that at times streamed down my face.
This is not a tear jerker. This is a book that has been written with humour and a humble admittance by his "rescuers" of their total lack of knowledge
of what is a Border collie. But they learn quite a lot along the way.
I was gobsmacked at the unbelievable naievete of Walter and Clara when they took on Lance and their jaw dropping courage to keep him and love him to a ripe old age in spite of the many "glitches" along the way..
If you are going to read a book about a dog, you MUST read Lance by Walter Stoffel.
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