Includes bibliographical references and index.

Eat, play, love -- What happened when -- Antis, the dog who could fly -- They also served -- Arthur, Amazon adventurer -- Trailblazers with tails -- Ashley Whippet, phenomenal Frisbee dog -- Dogspotting for beginners -- Bobbie, cross-country trekker -- Droolworthy destinations -- Brandy, disaster-averting bomb dog -- Scent-sational sniffers -- Buddy, America's first seeing eye dog -- Hounds who love to help -- Caesar, companion to a king -- Royal rovers -- Fortune, Napoleon's pint-size nemesis -- Yankee doodle dawgs -- Hachiko, famously faithful -- Friends fur-ever -- Jock, the Bushveld's legendary hero -- Incredible (but true) dog facts -- Jofi, Freud's furry assistant -- Work like a dog! -- Judy, courageous prisoner of war -- Khan, four-legged war hero -- (Wo)Man's best friend -- Laika, first canine cosmonaut -- Superstars of science -- Mari, inspirational earthquake survivor -- The dog from nose to tail -- Nipper, adorable advertising icon -- Oddball, Aussie penguin protector -- Why do dogs do that? -- Pompey, the pug who saved a prince -- Rico, the Albert Einstein of dogs -- How many dogs does it take... -- Rin Tin TIn, Hollywood hound -- Film stars with fur -- Robot, treasure-hunting terrier -- Sallie-Ann Jarrett, civil war mascot -- Sergeant Stubby, World War I's top dog -- Bowwow wow! -- Smoky, four pounds of courage -- Pick-of-the-litter books -- Station Jim, Victorian-age charity collector -- Swansea Jack, famous Welsh lifeguard -- Digital dogs -- Taro and Jiro, alone in the Antarctic -- Mutts with guts -- Titina, North Pole pioneer -- Togo, Alaska's greatest sled dog -- Heroic hounds -- Trakr, Ground Zero hero -- The K-9s of 9/11 -- 10 ways to help hounds in need -- Daring dogs timeline -- Glossary -- Why do dogs do that? Quiz answers -- Fur-ther reading -- About the author -- About the illustrators.