Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m pleased to share new stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from My Dog, which is the best-selling book of dog stories that we published last month. I learned a lot from these stories, including that dogs truly make us better versions of ourselves--and they also help us come out of our shells by introducing us to new people. They actually improve our lives, expanding our circle of friends and acting as our social directors. Sometimes, they dramatically change someone’s life, as was the case for Anne Taylor, who talked about this in her story called “Unleashing Confidence.”

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