DEWEY DIGEST Western State Hospital LIBRARY

JULY 2013 Volume 3 Number 7 DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

Pictured here are Kass Thomas Pictured here are Susan Drake and and Bailey. Kass remembers: Misha who brought good cheer and “ Bailey and I worked together in smiles wherever they visited. the TRC @ CFS from 2003 thru 2005. He was a friend and comfort Did you know that WSH patients to both staff and residents there. and staff maintained a farm with He was always receptive to a hug dairy cattle, chickens, turkeys and or a carrot and offered his calm, pigs? Herding turkeys was a tough loving acceptance to all who were job and only one fellow was up the in need. Out in the yard he was challenge—Laddie. Pictured be- ready to retrieve at the toss of a low are Dr. Keller and Laddie dur- tennis ball, never failing to return ing a work break. Turkeys were the ball to the person who threw it, raised to provide holiday meals for without an iota of judgment about both the the quality of the throw. People still hospital and come up to me to ask, “How’s Bai- other state ley?” I have to report that he has institutions passed on to greener pastures, blu- within 50 er lagoons and all you can eat miles of the mealtimes. I am certain his time h o s p i t a l working here at Western were the best days of his life.” GOOD FILMS GOOD BOOKS

The National Geograph- Author Jack London ic folks produced the struggled with per- Dogtown series to edu- sonal demons as he cate the public about wrote his immortal the joys and heartaches Call of the Wild . of living a dog’s life. Buck was stolen from The Library owns the his home and taken episode Dogtown: a by force to work in new beginning that follows the lives Alaska as part of a dog sled team of dogs locked up in shelters — during the Klondike Gold Rush. hoping for a better life outside. Old Yeller is the story Pixar scored a big hit of a boy who reluc- with Bolt. Bolt is a tantly accepts the “movie star” who finds gift of a mongrel himself abandoned by mutt. Eventually boy the studio when his and dog forge a show is cancelled. He strong love for one undertakes a cross another. country search for his- beloved, but endangered co-star. Marley & Me is the heartwarming Enjoy three classic dog memoir by John movies on one DVD with Grogan who was Lassie Come Home, Son stuck with the of Lassie and Courage “world’s worst dog of Lassie. ever.”

Seaman’s Journal is a Cats & Dogs is a delight- children’s book that ful comedy about the an- follows the amazing cient “feud” between ca- adventures of Lewis nines and felines. & Clark ‘s dog pal.

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”

Groucho Marx