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I had formed no idea that Frieda would go into my entire life and change it in the most serious way, but that' s one of the stunning things about family pets. They change you, and you simply almost never see it arriving. In 2007, a few years after purchasing Bedlam Plantation in upstate New York, Jon Katz satisfied Maria Wulf, a calm, sensitive artist wishing to rekindle her creative spark. Jon, like her, was introspective yet restless, a article writer struggling to find his purpose. He noticed a reference to her immediately, but a formidable obstacle stood in the manner: Maria' s dog, Frieda. A rottweiler-shepherd combination who had been abandoned by her past owner in the Adirondacks, where she resided in the wild for several years, Frieda was ferociously protective and barely tamed. She roared and billed at just about anyone who came close to. But to Maria, Frieda was great and faithful, her beloved safeguard dog and committed friend. Therefore Jon quickly recognized that to make an impression on Maria, he' d have to gain Frieda' s passion as well. While he and Maria grew better, Jon was using a tougher time enchanting Frieda to his part. Even after many days spent on Bedlam Plantation, Frieda still lunged at the other family pets, ran off into the woods, and wouldn't normally let Jon come near her, even to hook on her behalf leash. Yet equipped with one determination, unlimited fortitude, and five hundred dollars' price of beef jerky, Jon refused to stop on Frieda - or on his chance with Maria. Written with stunning psychological clarity and filled with warm yet sensible intelligence, The Second-Chance Dog is a testament to how family pets can make us better people, and how it' s never too overdue to find love.
