Sit, Stay, Heal

What Dogs Can Teach Us About Living Well

By: Renee Alsarraf

Narrated by: Renee Alsarraf

“Written with grace and emotional honesty, Sit, Stay, Heal will live with you long after the last page.”— John Grogan, bestselling author of Marley & Me

For more than two decades, esteemed veterinary oncologist Dr. Renee Alsarraf treated cancer in her beloved canine patients. Then, at age fifty-one, she was diagnosed with cancer herself.

Sit, Stay, Heal: What Dogs Can Teach Us About Living Well is Dr. Renee’s unforgettable testament to the extraordinary healing nature of dogs. Every day in her veterinary practice, she bears witness to the undeniable bond between pets and their people. However, while we are busy teaching them to “sit” and “stay,” they have their own, more profound, lessons to impart. In Sit, Stay, Heal, we meet Cosmo, the golden retriever who arrives at Renee’s office just before his fourteenth family vacation to the beach; Daisy, the cocker spaniel, an emotional support dog for a special needs child; and Franny, the bloodhound, a police dog who wasn’t ready to retire from the force. Then there’s Dr. Renee’s own dog Newtie, who falls ill when she needs him most.

Our dogs are wise in ways humans are not. For Dr. Renee, it was her patients—those furry, four-legged, slobbering animals—who seemed to uniquely understand her difficult journey and who showed her the true power of positivity and unconditional love. Full of life lessons and healing metaphors, perfect dogs and their imperfect humans, Sit, Stay, Heal is a captivating, heartwarming story for dog lovers far and wide.

great heart warming story

loved this book, you will cry and laugh and just feel good hearing all the stories

Life experience

l loves the book from the very beginning ning.. who wouldn't, it's about dogs and their people.
Having had family and friends who have suffered long term illnesses, the book reminds me to be present, compassionate, listen and be patient. Worry, although very human, is useless, we can't change the outcome.
The book gives me hope and joy eventhough I cried through parts of it..
Thanks to the doctor for writing it.

love and never giving up

fall out there seemed very loving caring had a great reading ability to make you want to listen

Sorry this is not a good audio book

Horrible storyline and extremely monotoned. I couldn't get through the first hour so I skipped further along and still couldn't follow it. Sorry