Eleven years ago tonight while talking with a friend at a New Year’s Eve party, I stumbled across a brilliant idea: I would try to entice Pikachu out of the wild to me using treats of cooked chicken livers! It took 10 days, but it worked.
For all of you who are trying to buy this book now, I regret to say that it has not yet been published. One of the purposes of this site is to convince a potential publisher that there is an interested audience “out there” by the number of hits it receives. I am working on a book proposal for a literary agent at this time. Barb
Dear Barb – I just finished listening to your reading and I’m flat out amazed at what you did with Piki!I just had to let you know how moved I was by your reading.
You are truly a ‘Dog Whisperer’! But I was also afraid for your safety and wish you had called on someone, some strong person, to be holding on to the other end of a rope tied to you while you went over the cliff. I know how loose the footings are in that unforgiving sandy area since I had to, years ago, call 911 when a little girlfriend of Jessica’s slipped over. I especially loved watching the video of Piki running the beach – that’s one happy puppy, as well as saving his life initially, THANKS TO YOU!!
Eleven years ago on the last Sunday night in September, Pikachu, a eight-month-old mixed-breed throwaway dog, backed out of a humane trap just as the door was sliding shut on him. Frightened by the sound of the squeaky metal door, he bolted away into the forests of central Whidbey Island. Already afraid of men, Piki now became suspicious of any large boxy object, in addition to distrusting offerings of food and water that could possibly be used as bait. The winter rains were beginning. Already at large for two months, Piki had been fed regularly by a neighbor in the humane trap that I had provided once we determined his location. Now this hungry “teen ager” was on his own again.
Gwen Sam at KWPA fm radio in Coupeville, Washington was kind enough to feature me in an interview a few months back. I read the first chapter of Running Free on the air and she recorded it.
KWPA’s studio is located in the harbormaster’s office of the Port of Coupeville, a tiny room out at the end of the Coupeville wharf. The harbormaster is required by the U.S. Coast Guard at all times to monitor marine radio channel 16, so if you hear strange background interference during the interview and reading, it’s boaters talking on channel 16.
Enjoy the interview and reading!
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