Information About
Fiona Foo, founder of Hope Dog Rescue, adopts an abandoned miniature schnauzer, names her Button, and teaches her the Hokkien dialect. Button subsequently trains and certifies as a therapy dog, bringing joy and comfort to dying patients. This memoir tells the inspiring story of Button, as well as the unexpected story of Fiona who used to be afraid of dogs.
Subjects
Psychiatric service dogs Dogs--Therapeutic use Dogs--TrainingCategories
Community and Social ServicesAdditional Details
- Title
- Button : the Hokkien therapy dog
- Creators
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- Foo, Fiona
- Subject
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- Psychiatric service dogs
- Dogs--Therapeutic use
- Dogs--Training
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 2020
- Epigram Books, 2020
- Contributors
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- Epigram Books Pte Ltd
- Fiona Foo
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill. (chiefly col.)
- Table of Contents
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- Author's note -- ch. 1. Lost and found -- ch. 2. My greatest fear -- ch. 3. The king and I -- ch. 4. Breeding cruelty -- ch. 5. My quirky Button -- ch. 6. My special bodyguard -- ch. 7. My Hokkien gao -- ch. 8. Natural healer -- ch. 9. Earth angel -- ch. 10. Ripple effect -- Epilogue. My dream -- Tributes to Button -- Acknowledgements -- About Hope Dog Rescue.
- Copyright
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- All rights reserved. Epigram Books Pte Ltd, Fiona Foo, 2020