Shelby's Story: A Dog's Way Home Tale

I happen to know the author of this novel very well. Too well, in fact, because I am painfully aware of his faults. <br /><br />This is a fictional telling of a true story. When we set out to make the movie A Dog's Way Home, we decided that all of the movie star dogs needed to be rescues. I feel it is really important that everyone understand that rescue dogs can do anything, and that they can make wonderful companions.<br /><br />Shelby was living in a junk yard in rural Tennessee. She had no human interaction that we know of. She was picked up by animal control and, when her photograph showed up on social media, she looked like she could be the perfect fit we were looking for. We wanted a dog who looked like the one of the cover of A Dog's Way Home. An important aspect of the story of the book (and movie) is that a dog can be classified as a pit bull even if it doesn't exactly look like a pit bull. Due to breed discriminatory legislation in the city of Denver, Bella, the fictional hero of A Dog's Way Home, is banned and sent by her person to live far away. It's just temporary, until Bella's boy Lucas can find a new home out of Denver, but she doesn't know this and jumps the fence.<br /><br />Shelby's Story imagines the origins of a dog who winds up in a junk yard and then becomes a movie star. I was on set for much of the filming, and saw Shelby every day. I've since gone with her to children's hospitals and to the VA. In all the time I've known her, I've done nothing but marvel at the heart of this wonderful, wonderful dog.

This was a really cute story told from the dog, Shelby. My child and I both enjoyed reading it together.

5 Stars<br />I bought this book at my sister's book fair and I thought I would give this a try being it being the dog name is Shelby and I am a huge animal lover. Also being a true story, which I like reading true stories. I really loved this book by all means. In the beginning it sad I thought it would be but as I read more of this book it wasn't sad but it does have a happy ending, which I am pretty happy about because I felt so bad for Shelby and what she was going through as being a stray. I really felt like I was being her life. I am really glad that in the end she had found a home because I had to see any animal hurt or don't have a home. It is so sad to see that or hear about it. Every animal in the world deserves a good home with fresh water, loving, and good food. Overall, I loved this book form the beginning to the end. I would read this book again. I would recommend this book to anyone that loves animals and has a big heart for animals or just likes to read about true stories.

Is this a book for middle-grade readers? Is it a dog-training book--written by a dog? Is it a Hollywood insider look at how a movie--specifically <a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/31702812.A_Dog_s_Way_Home" title="A Dog's Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron" rel="noopener">A Dog's Way Home</a>--gets made? YES! This book is all of those things and so much more. In Shelby's Story, as with many other bestselling <a href="https://goodreads.com/author/show/327737.W__Bruce_Cameron" title="W. Bruce Cameron" rel="noopener">W. Bruce Cameron</a> novels, we get to experience the world from a dog's innocent perspective. This story is delightfully peppered throughout with Cameron's signature sense of humor, and includes special guest appearances by the author and his wife, <a href="https://goodreads.com/author/show/157501.Cathryn_Michon" title="Cathryn Michon" rel="noopener">Cathryn Michon</a>, as two of the story's characters. I will be rereading this book just before I go see the movie, A Dog's Way Home.

It was about the dog who was living in the garbage, who always eat garbage and sister was trapped in the dog rescue center, knowing anything to do, he became a movie star. He was a little dog when he found out that there are many things delicious in the outside world other than in the park where there is many dogs and trapped inside. But there was one thing. There was his mom and brothers and sister. he loves all of them but he wants other than a thing that the person gave him. Then he met the woman and he met his packs, her friends. He loves training and he was on the training for movie name called a dog way home, and a dog's purposes. This was non-fiction and I love this author's book. (you know that I read almost all of his book.)<br />(Ps - Shelby is a girl.)

I'm not ashamed to admit I cried huge, but happy, crocodile tears at the end of the movie A Dog's Way Home. Give me a sweet, sentimental dog story and I get weepy every time. So it was enjoyable reading a bit about how Shelby, named Bella in the movie, came to be rescued after being found eating garbage at a dump, was adopted by a wonderful trainer, and subsequently went on to become the star of the movie. Happy endings all around.

Shelby’s story is about her incredible journey to becoming a movie star playing the part of Bella in the movie A Dog’s Way Home. The story is told from Shelby’s point of view. Sweet story with many tender moments.

Sorry, I tried but just wasn't into this one...

Yes, cuteness, dog books are just perfection sorry I bias I LOVE DOGS.

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