
We have some very exciting news today. After months of selecting poems and images …

… placing them in seasonal order and several rounds of editing …

… we handed our final version to a designer …

… and our first book to help raise funds for animal rehoming shelters was born.
We want to say a very big thank you to all our followers who encouraged us to create a book with colour photographs and poems from our blog.
If we were going to do this, we wanted it to be for a good cause. We will donate 60% of our net profits to animal rehoming shelters. The more books we sell, the more charities we will be able to help. The remaining 40% will be invested in future fundraising projects.
We want to say a very big thank you to John Hubbard for his beautiful cover and print book design, to Darlene Swanson for the ebook design and the teams at Reedsy and IngramSpark for helping us put everything together.
Our book is now available in paperback and can be ordered from your local bookstore, online bookstores, Amazon, Indie Bound, Barnes & Noble, Fishpond, Adlibris and any other store connected to the IngramSpark Global network.
Our Apple Book can be downloaded from Apple Books in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
Our ebook is available via Kobo, Nook, Google Play and many others worldwide.
Our Kindle version is available via Amazon worldwide.
For further details on where to order, please visit our ‘Sharing Our Horizon‘ page.
We really hope we can make this book a success and help many other dogs find their happy forever homes.
We always remember where we come from and are so grateful for the staff and volunteers in shelters who looked after us when we were there.
Now we want to give something back.
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
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This is wonderful news, Xenia! I am so happy for all who will benefit in the shelters.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Sandy, we hope we will be able to help many for many years to come :o) xxx
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Wow! Congratulations on this feat. This is truly an exciting news. 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Stella, it is very exciting! :o) xxx
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You’re welcome. I’m still struggling to complete writing my book. So I can imagine the sweet feeling it gives to finally publish a book. 🙂 xx
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Thank you Stella, it is a very sweet feeling to finally hold the book in my hands. It was a lot of work and it was also a labour of love, which really helped. The hours to work on it were sometimes found in small doses and that was OK too. As long as you do a little bit and often, you will get there :o) xxx
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This is motivating. Thank you. Enjoy the moments. xx
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🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Congrats
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Thank you kindly! :o)
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Congratulations and best wishes for continuing success.
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Thank you so much for your kind words! :o)
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This is so awesome!! We can’t wait to order one !! All of your work is always so lovely and it looks like you had some good helpers!! What a great way to help others!
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear friends, we had some fabulous helpers! Much love to you all from all of us here :o) xxx
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How exciting! Barnes & Noble is just up the street so…yay! Of course I will order a copy.
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Thank you dear Lois, we hope you will enjoy it! Much love to you, Parker and Piper from all of us here :o) xxx
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Ooh my goodness congrats on the book and all the hard work. I love your beautiful poems and dogs so would love to buy the book. Such a great cause too. ❤
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Claire, we appreciate your support! Love and wags from all of us here :o) xxx
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Congratulations! I never realised you were in the book birthing process too, the book looks wonderful!
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Anna, it was a true labour of love :o) xxx
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Yay! Such a great cause too 💖🐕 Many congratulations, I’m off to order my copy 🤗xxx
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Thank you dear Cathy and thank you for all your support! Much love to you and Finn from all of us here :o) xxx
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You’re more than welcome 😊 Much love to you all 💖 and every best wish for lots of copies to be sold xxx
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Thank you Cathy! :o) xxx
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Yay hurray! That is SO exciting! And for a good cause besides!
I’ll be checking this out for sure, and I have a friend for whom I think this will make a perfect birthday-any-day-of-the-year prezzie!
(As someone who has four books out – three novels and one professional non-fiction book – I know how exciting it is to have a book be born!)
How fantastic! XOXO, Na’ama
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Na’ama. This is all very new and exciting for us and we are looking forward to this new part of our journey :o) xxx
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine and commented:
A beautiful book from Xenia Tran from Whippet Wisdom.. poems and images… and 60% of net profits will be going to rehoming centres.. fantastic…
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Thank you so much for the reblog dear Sally! Love and wags from all of us here :o) xxx
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Delighted to share.. hugsxxx
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:o) xxx
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Wow, wow, wow, Xenia. 😀😀 I am so happy to hear this wonderful news. 🙂 Congratulations 💐🙂
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Thank you so much dear Rekha and thank you for all your support! Hugs and wags from all of us here :o) xxx
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Hugs and meows to all of you too. 🙂 Wishing you all the success on your new venture. 🙂 I will also spread the word about your book on my book blog. 🙂💗
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Thank you for the hugs and meows dear Rekha and for spreading the word, we really appreciate it! :o) xxx
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🙂🙂💗 anytime, Xenia. You were amongst the first bloggers I met when I joined the blogosphere. And I still remember, I wrote something about wishing to meet bloggers someday and you said that when we meet, we would have a long chat over a big pot of tea. 🙂🙂 We might not have met but you are special to me. 🙂💗
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You are very special to us too dear Rekha and it is lovely that we can meet in this way too. This is one of the things I love so much about blogging – meeting people around the world with cups of tea by our side xxx
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🙂🙂💖 true, Xenia. I too got to meet a lot of wonderful people (including you guys too ) through blogging. 🙂
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Congratulations, Xenia! That’s such a wonderful and positive accomplishment. 🤗🌺🙏❤️ 🐕 🐕
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Shielagh, it has been an exciting journey and we hope we will be able to help many others :o) xxx
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Great news! So happy for you. 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words Mary :o)
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Congratulations, that’s wonderful! I’ve had a similar idea and you are an inspiration. The cover is beautiful💖💖
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kristin and I would really encourage you to collect your stories and beautiful photographs in a book – it will be wonderful! :o) xxx
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Yay!!!!!! And congrats! I’ll be ordering a copy soon.
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Thank you dear Laurie and we look forward to seeing your ‘Library Lost’ in a bookstore near us soon! :o) xxx
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Probably not in a bookstore near you as we are a very small indie publisher. However, like yours, my book can be ordered on line. 😉 May I reblog your post sometime this week?
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Thank you Laurie, please feel free to reblog and I shall order your book online when it is ready :o) xxx
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Will do!
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #4: Xenia Tran’s book is out!
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Thank you so much for the reblog Frank! :o) xxx
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My pleasure, Xenia! Congratulations!
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Thank you Frank! 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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What a cool idea. Best of luck. You are doing a lot of good work. Keep it up.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Jeanne 🙂🐾💖🐾
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I have always said, my favorite breed of dog is ALWAYS rescue.
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That is so lovely to hear 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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Congratulations! What a wonderful expression of Love and Gratitude! Wishing you every success with this beautiful gift to us all. 💞
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Betty, we hope this book will spread plenty of light and joy 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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I AM sure it will! 💖😇🤗💕
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Woot!
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Thank you Ken! 🙂🐾💖🐾
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Bravo! Xenia this is such an accomplishment! I shall order a copy from my local bookstore this weekend. I like to order books from them as there are so few independent small bookstores left now. Congratulations to you and of course to Eivor and Pearl who, no doubt , assisted in the editorial process!
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Anne, Eivor and Pearl were a great help and I could not have done the editing without them. I love bookshops and am so happy to hear you do too. The ISBN Number is 978-1-9164704-2-2 in case you need it and there is additional information on ‘Our Book’ page: https://whippetwisdom.com/our-book/
Please give Biasini a big pat from us and much love to you both from all of us here :o) xxx
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Do the Whippets know they are going to be famous. Great photos of them proof reading.
Massive congratulations, looking at the book on my kindle in black and white. Will have look on my laptop at the colour version. Oh it beautiful and such a generous donation of 60%.
It is a fabulous achievement and you have released it any every avenue possible -big bang.
Great to see a picture of you .
If you dont mind can i contact you about the whole process in a few weeks time?
I really the book does really well.
Will share on fb, twitter. And #hashtag to use?
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Bella 💜 Eivor and Pearl know something special is happening and Pearl ran to the door this morning when our first copy of the book arrived. It is so lovely to hear you are already reading it on your Kindle! It is amazing what the web can do and please feel free to contact me about the process. Thank you for offering to share on fb and Twitter too. The hashtags ‘poetry’, ‘photography’, ‘rescuedog’, ‘ whippet’, and ‘adoptdontshop’ will be good. Thank you again for all your help and much love from all of us here 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Isnt that sweet pearl rushed to the door. Do they recognise themselves… i sincerely wish it is a super hit.
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Thank you dear Bella 💜 When I opened the envelope Pearl was very excited and she touched Eivor’s image on the cover with her nose 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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Too cute…🐕
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Thank you so much for the reblog Bella! 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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This is fantastic news! Congratulations, Eivor, Pearl and Xenia!
PS: Maybe you could make the places where you mention your book is for sale also into links to those websites…
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Liesbet. Where it says: ‘For further details on where to order, please visit ‘Our Book‘ page’ you can connect with https://whippetwisdom.com/our-book/
and you will see the links there to various websites. Anyone who wants to order from Amazon can visit the Amazon site in their respective country :o) xxx
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Xenia, have you got any shareable thumbnails of the book cover then i can share on instagram?
I have shared on ft, twitter and pinterest
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Thank you so much Bella! If you right-click on the thumbnail image of the book cover in the side bar of the blog you can save it as a very low-res copy. If you want slightly higher resolution let me know and I will be happy to email you one :o) xxx
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Congratulations, dear Xenia, and best wishes for much success!
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Dolly, much love to you from all of us here :o) xxx
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Very welcome, and best regards to the two stars, Eivor and Pearl.
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Eivor and Pearl say Thank you Dolly! :o) xxx
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Wonderful idea – congratulations!
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Thank you Ann-Christine! :o) xxx
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This is very exciting! Congratulations, and I shall order my copy.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Steph, we hope you will enjoy the book! :o) xxx
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Xenia, this is wonderful! Congratulations! And for such a wonderful cause. I wish you much success.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Wendy and much love to you from all of us here :o) xxx
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That is amazing! Congratulations!
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Thank you so much dear Pragalbha, it has been a real adventure so far :o) xxx
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Congratulations!!! Hope the sales go well!!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Vicky and much love to you and Tippy from all of us here :o) xxx
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Dear Eivor, Pearl and Xenia, Congratulations on your new book. I will have to investigate whether I can order it from Australia. So much whippet wisdom needs to be shared around. Regards. Tracy.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Tracy. The book is currently available in Australia through Fishpond, Wordery Australia and Amazon Australia as availability begins to filter through :o) xxx
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Thank you, Xenia. I will check out those options.
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i have placed an order with Fishpond. I will let you know when it arrives.
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Thank you Tracy, it will be lovely to know and I hope you enjoy the book when it arrives. Thank you so much for your support! 🙂🌺 xxx
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Huge congratulations!! The cover is wonderful. I wish you much success!! ❤️
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Dorinda :o) xxx
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You’re welcome, Xenia!
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How exciting and congratulations, Xenia! I’m looking forward to looking at your beautiful photographs and reading your poetry on my Kindle! 🙂 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kim, we hope you enjoy what we have created! Love and wags from all of us here :o) xxx
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Congratulations, Xenia! What a great idea. I’m so looking forward to view the photos and read your beautiful poems. 🙂 xxx
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to viewing … and reading… sorry about the confusion.
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Thank you Amy, we knew what you meant! 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Amy, we hope you will enjoy what we have created 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Congratulations dear Xenia, this is great news and great job, I will search in here too, how nice of you. Thank you, Love, nia
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Nia, much love to you from all of us here 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Thank you so much for your support dear Laurie, big hugs and wags from all of us here :o) xxx
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Congratulations!!! xx
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Thank you Amy! 🙂💖 xxx
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Wow, what a cool project.
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Thank you dear Amy 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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OH, I am so happy for you all. You deserve this recognition and reward, and I know that’s not even why you do it all.
Congratulations!
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Kathie, the only way I was ever going to publish is if it could be for a good cause 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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Wonderful!!
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Thank you Carol! 🙂💖 xxx
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Congratulations. You will touch many hearts with this.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Ali :o) xxx
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Congratulations on Your New
Paper Back and E-Book of
Your Poems
And Photography
With Your Charitable
Outreach to Save the
Lives of Dogs.. my friEnd
Xenia Tran.. Wonderful Effort this is..:)
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear friend 🙂🐾💖🐾
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SMiLes
With
Congrats
Again..:)
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hello whippetwisdom its dennis the vizsla dog hay kongratchoolayshuns!!! and thank yoo for yore efforts to help homeless animals i wish all animals cud hav a gud home!!! ok bye
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Dennis, love and wags from all of us here 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Splendid! What a great cause! I will await the release!!
Jordan
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jordan, the book is available now and you can find useful links on ‘Our Book’ page: https://whippetwisdom.com/our-book/
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Oh great! Thank you!
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CONGRAAAAAAAAAAAATS!!!!!! :):):)
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Thank you dear Rodo! 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Congratulations … how exciting! Such a wonderful cover … 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words Julie 🙂💖
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Excellent book – I have the Kindle edition and it looks good with the black and white photos. 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words, so happy you are enjoying the black and white version! I understand that you will be able to enjoy the colour version when you open the book on a laptop too 🙂💖
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I’ve already reached the limit of my technological skills with the Kindle – don’t confuse me with choice. 🙂
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No worries! 🙂🙋♀️
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🙂
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Very nice! Great post, might I add!
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Thank you kindly! 🙂🐾🐾
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