Stories & Lit | The Bark

Musings on the world's oldest friendship in personal essays, memoirs, fiction, classics and, of course, humor.

Search and Rescue

By Leslie Morris

Traveler

By Clay Carpenter

Saving Greyhounds

Greyhounds of Avalon

Amazing activists who are fighting to save Greyhounds worldwide.

By Laura Schenone

Wildlife Researcher Recalls His Backcounty Co-pilot

Field Notes

By L. Jack Lyon

Rescuing Penny Jane / Amy Sutherland

Shelter Stress Can Take Its Toll on Dogs

Walter Joe shows how a dog can be adoptable but not “shelterable.”

By Amy Sutherland

On Responsibility

Caring for two loves

By Ann Patchett

Letter to Brigit

By Viggo Mortensen

Shelter Visits Help With Healing In Between Dogs

By Lee Harrington

Poems: Life with Dogs

By Connie Hills, Elizabeth Devore

The Opie Path

By Bob Quarteroni

Saying Goodbye to Shelby

My Dog

By Priya Radhakrishnan

Losing My Dog Blue...and Finding Him Again

Losing Blue...and Finding Him Again

By Lucie Britsch

Poems: The Sound of Dogs Breathing

By Janet McCann

Dog Memorials: Honoring A Life

Dog Memorials: Honoring A Life

By The Bark Editors

Loving a Special Dog Woodcut by Howard Towll

Loving a Special Dog

Eternal Mysteries

By Abigail Thomas

The Nature/Nurture Question

Lily

By Eliza Thomas

Royness: The Love and Healing of a Dog

By Annika Powell Paradise

Billy Buddy with Marcia

Power of Dog

Never underestimate the power and influence of a dog

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