Loving Edie How a dog afraid of everything taught me to be brave

San Francisco journalist May's previous golden retriever, Stella, was a perfect dog, so it took only a little convincing for her wife, Jenn, to agree to adopt a golden puppy. Edie was a sweet, rambunctious ball of fur, but it soon became clear that she was no Stella. She failed her first puppy play date; when out walking, she froze at the sound of cars, bicycles, children, and basically anything that moved; and she bolted into traffic when really frightened. With the help of a patient puppy school instructor, May and Jenn learned protocols to deal with Edie's extreme anxiety, but nothing--not a relaxation protocol, not CBD or Prozac, not a pet psychic--seemed to fix her. May is impatient, and even Jenn, normally even-keeled, is desperate for progress. Slowly, May realizes that the hope of Edie ever overcoming her anxiety is an impossible one and that she must learn to accept Edie as she is. A change of scenery drives the lesson home in this heartfelt tale of how one incredibly anxious puppy completed a family.