Book Review -- "Will's Red Coat"

     A few years ago now, I picked Tom Ryan's book "Following Atticus" as my dog book of the year here on the blog.  I highly recommend that book to anyone looking for an excellent story about the friendship between a man and a dog.  It really tells a great story about how a dog can help to change a person's life.

    Tom Ryan has just written another book.  "Will's Red Coat" that tells the story of an old dog named Will that Tom adopted because nobody else wanted to.  Will was a very old dog who had lost his home.  Tom decided to take Will in just so that the old dog could pass his last few days in peace.  

    When Will first came to Tom, he was in a lot of pain, and Will would often bite Tom when Tom tried to pick him up and touch him.  However, Tom didn't give up on Will.  It took time, but Will finally began to trust Tom, and their friendship grew.  Atticus, on the other hand, never interacted with Will all that much.

     Will started to come alive again in Tom's home.  He decided to live again and enjoy life.  Will liked to listen to music and smell the wonderful scents of flowers.  Tom even planted a garden for Will so that the little dog could enjoy the smells.

     "Will's Red Coat" is a book that teaches an important lesson.  You are never too old to start again.  Life may have handed you some really rough times, but you can begin again.  

    I found this to be a very inspiring book.  I hope that many people will read it and find inspiration in this little dog's life.  I also hope that it will demonstrate the fact that older dogs need to be adopted into people's homes.  They have a lot of love left to give.