Risa, a shelter worker received a book from the Rainbow Bridge. The book outlines one litter's story as told by the pups themselves about their life on earth. Some pups are happy, courageous, troubled, sweet, well trained and untrained. Read about Helga's litter of ten pups and learn how humans can affect their lives. This book has the ability to change your thinking on how dogs live and are being bred. The author has over twenty-five years experience with dogs, some as her own pack of seven, and some as fosters or handled by her as an animal control officer. There is an intuitive knowledge of dogs, behavior and reactions. Some stories are true to life and others have been fictionalized. This book may change the way you see pets. Ilona has a BA in commercial art and owned many German shepherds in her life. Her first German shepherd, Smoky, saved her as a child from a loose boxer challenging and cornering her at a neighbors house. There is a special bond with the breed due to this incident.