For the Love of Dog

A heartwarming and fascinating memoir about one woman, three dogs, and how twenty thousand years of evolution guaranteed we’d be best friends—a captivating story that celebrates how dogs and people are connected by so much more than just a leash.

Maggie Marton writes about dogs and cats from her home outside Indianapolis. She’s the blogger behind Oh My Dog! (ohmydogblog.com), which has appeared in the New York Times, Animal Wellness Magazine, and Dog Fancy. She studied anthropology at Butler University and earned her master’s in writing from Johns Hopkins University.
Maggie’s work has received numerous awards from the Cat Writers’ Association, the Dog Writers Association of America, DogTime Media, Fear Free Pets, and the American Association of Feline Practitioners.
Active in animal welfare and rescue, Maggie served on a nonprofit Board of Directors, worked with pit bull education and advocacy organizations, and appeared in the renowned Pinups for Pitbulls calendar and book with her late therapy dog, Emmett.
She shares her house with a deaf and partially-sighted rescue pup named Penny, cats Ripley and Newt, half a dozen fish tanks, two daughters, and a very patient husband.