Life With McDuff - a column worth revisiting

 My friend Judy McFadden's name came up the other day, and I thought about one of my early articles for examiner.com, back in 2009. Judy's book about her beloved therapy dog McDuff is definitely worth revisiting. That's one of the nice things about a blog. You can make the rules about what to publish, and today I choose to revisit McDuff. Enjoy!

 

Arts & Entertainment | October 15, 2009

 

Life with McDuff

Many fine authors live in the greater Las Vegas/Henderson area.

Local author Judy McFadden, a volunteer at St. Rose Hospital for over eight years, is now a published writer. Her book, Life With McDuff—Lessons Learned From a Therapy Dog, introduces you to her noble, hilarious Scottish Terrier therapy dog. McDuff miraculously touched her life and that of many others— even after death
Because of his astounding work with individuals with severe physical and mental disabilities in Opportunity Village’s “Project Pride, she was asked to appear with McDuff on KVBC-TV Channel 3 News. Also, the Henderson Anthem View newspaper profiled them in an article on the front page.McFadden says, “During our nine year journey together, McDuff taught me valuable life lessons.” READ FULL ARTICLE

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