I Once Was Lost, but Now I’m Found is the story of Daisy, a mixed breed mutt who was one of the 124 dogs rescued from the notorious Olympic Animal Sanctuary in 2013. In the course of her life, Daisy experienced abuse, care in a foster home, inappropriate designation as a dangerous dog, and incarceration in a fraudulent “sanctuary”, before finally being rescued and placed in a home. The rescue of Daisy and the other dogs is the largest dog rescue to be carried out by Facebook activists without support from local authorities. It is an amazing story that includes lawsuits, protests. assaults, and possible obstruction of justice. I used her story and the story of the OAS rescue as a vehicle for discussion of a list of dog-related issues including animal protection laws, dangerous dog laws, hoarders and fake rescues, issues with law enforcement and more. All sales proceeds are being donated to rescues that took in OAS dogs.
This is a quote from a Kindle Book Review writer Matt McAvoy:
. Laura’s writing is quite lovely – heartfelt and sincere, with a stern presentation of the facts. The book is incredibly well-researched and intelligently considered, and the cruel treatment is contextualized not by anger, but by balanced collation of events, studies and dog behavioral training practices. This is an important book which needed to be written by a disciplined professional and an animal lover, both of which clearly apply to Laura. She is a very articulate and hard-working author, and the book is well written, whilst, vitally, she provides scanned evidence of all her claims about Markwell, eradicating any concerns of diligence on the part of the reader – this, I think, is instrumental not only in asserting the quality of an exposé, but also in the success of campaigns like that supported by this one.
Another great touch to the book is a very welcome section at the end, sharing great expert training into techniques for lovingly rearing a “problem” dog; this is a fantastic addition – if it gives caring people the learning and confidence to offer such dogs a home, then greater numbers may be saved and awarded a happier fate than that in store. For this reason, and because she otherwise deserves it, I do hope Laura achieves success and circulation with “I Once Was Lost…”, and I thank her for writing it,
I am very humbled that the review said my writing was “lovely”—a bit of overstatement there!--but I do think the book is written competently and would be of interest to anyone interested in dog care and dog rescue issues. Available at Amazon as an ebook or paperback.
All my proceeds are being donated to rescues that took in Olympic Animal Sanctuary dogs. www.amazon.com/…
This is Daisy, after she was rescued.
Thank you for reading this, Laura Koerber