Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love

Unabridged (Audiobook)

Written by:

Larry Levin

Narrator:

Joe Barrett

Length:

5 hours 8 minutes

Summary:

In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their ailing cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep. What began as a terrible day suddenly got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen--one who was missing an ear and had half his face covered in scar tissue--bounded up to them.

The dog, whom the family immediately took home and named ""Oogy"" (an affectionate derivative of ""ugly""), had been tied to a stake and used as bait for fighting dogs when he was four months old.

OOGY is the story of a dog who thinks he's a boy, of the men and women at the animal hospital who were determined to rescue him even though he didn't seem to stand a chance, of why the Levins have to close the refrigerator door with a bungee cord, and how adopting Oogy brought the Levins (whose sons are themselves adopted) even closer together.

Ratings:

Book (3)

Narration

Publisher:

Hachette Book Group USA

Date:

October 2010

Genres:

Health, Mind, Body & Soul > Marriage, Family and Pets
Non-Fiction

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If you don't like this story then you need to make sure your heart is beating. The lessons both taught and learned are fascinating. Oogy teaches not only love, but compassion, acceptance, forgiveness and how to move on even in the face of horror. He has a spirit that is bottomless. He taught his family that our past is a part of who we are it isn't all that we are and that even when we may have been to hell and back, we can survive with love and grace in tact and live a beautiful happy hopeful life filled with love. Oogy is simply joy and love personified (dogified??). Everyone should have an Oogy in their life. So those of you who can, turn off your computer and head over to your local shelter and feel the love. You won't be sorry. And if you can't bring one home volunteer. The love of a pet can change your life forever.