Alamosa Public Library

Gertrude LaRue receives funny typewritten and paw-written letters from he dog, Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy and come back home.

When the evil Mrs. Stricker threatens to send Junior, Rafe Khatchadorian's dog, back to the pound, Junior and Rafe go to obedience school to learn how to follow the rules.

Sheila is a therapy dog who has gone on many adventures to help people in need. Along with her owner Debbie, the pair has visited nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, schools, libraries, and more. A visit from a therapy dog can lower people's blood pressure, help children read, or just bring smiles and laughter. In order to do pet therapy, Debbie and Sheila had to train for a year and then pass a test to become certified.

Skippyjon Jones, a Siamese cat who would rather be his Chihuahua alter ego, is determined to attend dog obedience school.

Kristy's family has a new Labrador retriever puppy who is being trained to be a guide dog for the blind.

Hadley is an angry girl: angry at her mother for embezzling money, angry at her estranged older sister, Beth, whom she has to live with while her mother is in jail, angry at having to move to Kentucky away from her friends, and angry at the world because she has retinitis pigmentosa and is slowly going blind; but then she meets Lila, a rescued pit bull who has not responded to anyone else--so if Hadley can train Lila, maybe the dog can get adopted...

During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier.

Charles and his family foster Miki, a Bichon Frise puppy whose former owner taught her to dance.

After Ember is saved from a house fire, she is brought to the Sterling family, who run a ranch that trains rescue dogs.

Lizzie is excited for her trip to Aunt Amanda's sleepaway doggy training camp. But when Donut, a German shepard-Lab mix, is in danger of being left behind by her family, Lizzie will use her new skills to show the pup is well-trained enough for their new home.