How they find me -- On being rescued -- Getting rid of Rocco -- How to lose your best friend -- Abandoning Sinatra -- How dogs correct us -- The four-hour custody limit -- How to read a dog -- Two halves of a bone -- Two or three things about heartworms -- Endings and beginnings -- The folk art of lost pet flyers -- Wonder when you'll miss me -- Pit bull puppies -- The paradox of the no-kill shelter -- Valentino -- The dog who found me -- What zephyr dogs do when they need some attention -- The problem with my heart -- Dogs I reunited with their people -- Things that return -- How to prepare for the unexpected -- The unexpected.