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Melissa Wareham was ''convinced'' that she must be adopted: how could someone like her who ''loved''dogs have been born to parents who, well, wouldn't have them in the house? She wasn't even that convinced when her mother produced her birth certificate. Melissa wouldn't be able to have a dog until she had a home of her own but in the meantime she got a job at Battersea Dogs' Home and it was there that she met Gus. He wasn't in the first flush of youth and his breath was a weapon of mass destruction, but he and Melissa bonded and when he was very poorly - he had kennel cough - she took him home.
''Rescuing Gus'' is the story of how Gus changed Melissa's life. His previous owner had been imprisoned for car theft and there was no one willing or able to take on an elderly dog who was part husky and er, part one or two other breeds as well! Melissa did wonder if she'd done the right thing when Gus did his best to trash her flat, but time and care won through in the end. She's ''very'' open and honest about the difficulties of taking on a rescue dog (or indeed any dog) and no child reading this book is going to be in any doubt about what is involved and not just in terms of cost. Owning a dog is a full-time commitment and it's made clear that you can't just go off for the day if you have a dog to consider.
