Maggie Couch
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Maggie Couch

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My name is Maggie Couch, and I love dogs and I wrote a book about a dog, and here’s what led to it. I had a full and fulfilled life as a social worker and ESL teacher living in Massachusetts, New York City, Connecticut, Barcelona, and Colorado. In 1991, I became very sick with Fibromyalgia, a condition then known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The fatigue was crippling and the cognitive mist was overwhelming. Life as I knew it was over. I was left with no definition, no sense of self. I became lonely and frightened, in poverty and isolated. One day my dear doctor suggested I adopt a dog to help motivate me to become more physically active. I went to a high-kill animal shelter and asked if they had any particularly needy dogs who were on death row. I was introduced to a small, one year-old terrier mix who had lived his life neglected on the end of a short chain. He was emaciated and terrified. I named the dog Doxology and took him home. He saved my life. One day, I read an article about fostering shelter dogs. That was 20 years and 114 foster dogs ago. I have collages in my bedroom with photos of all the dogs (and cats) who were in our home over the years, and every night I say goodnight and tell them I love them, even though many have long-since died. I believe those who have died are in a far better place and will never know hunger or cold or chains or loneliness ever again. Currently, my two rescued dogs and one formerly stray neighborhood cat and I live in Aurora, Colorado where we foster all sorts of dogs and cats in a topsy-turvy but happy home. Many years ago, one night I was having difficulty sleeping. I looked out the window and saw a large owl in a tree in my back yard. The owl and I just looked at each other for awhile, and I got up and wrote the book “It’s About a Dog.” The wonderful animal activist Tamira Thayne decided to publish the book, and here we are! Tamira and I both believe that if even one dog is released from a chain and given a loving home, then It’s About a Dog will have been a huge success. Thank you so much for reading, for caring, and for sharing.
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