After Lucky, photographer Bob Soltys’ Jack Russell Terrier and man about town over the last ten years, suffered a near-death experience in the Rocky Mountains last summer, he decided to tell his life story and self-publish it with some help from his Dad.
Illustrated with black and white photos Bob took over the last twelve years, A Lucky Life narrates a dog’s twelve-year journey across America with a photographer, making friends and opening doors for his Dad along the way, beginning with Lucky’s long night and uncertain future:
“I don’t know why they did it. It’s not like I crapped on the floor or watered the carpet.
But on the night of September 29, 2003, my human drove me to the South County Shelter in San Diego, removed my tag, tied me to a light pole in the parking lot, and left me there in the middle of the night.
When the shelter staff came to work the next morning, they untied me and took me in, but my troubles weren’t over yet. Because money for pet shelters is limited, California shelters keep pets without tags for only three days.
The morning of October 3, my time was up. A little before 11 o’clock, one of the staff opened the door to my cage and reached in, a sad look on her face. My short life passed in front of my eyes …”
You can learn more about Lucky’s forthcoming book by visiting the Kickstarter page Lucky and Bob set up to fund their book at www.kickstarter.com.
A Lucky Life answers the age old question “Who adopted who.”
Funding ensures the book is published, allowing Lucky to make the case for adopting pets and to focus on what’s important. The rich black and white photos accompanying the text inspire and empower viewers make the time to look up from their phone and notice what’s going on in the world around them, because magic moments are everywhere if you’re open to seeing them.
