Scruffy: Our loyal pandemic pooches and the good, the bad, and the crazy haircuts we gave them

SCRUFFY is a heartwarming window into a dog's life during the 2020 pandemic. As the deadly coronavirus spread across the planet in just four frightening months, our dogs became a welcome elixir -- ecstatic to have us home 24/7, insisting on endless games of fetch and belly rubs on demand.Then, suddenly, with beloved groomers in #lockdown as well, many were called upon for the first time to bravely take over the de-matting and trimming tasks. Out came the DIY videos and online orders of home clipping sets. The result is an amazing gallery of wild and wacky and adorable dog photos, serving as a metaphor of our courage, hope and resilience. It is pandemic book that will melt your heart as over 50 dogs, all different breeds, sizes, shapes and mixes, tell their personal stories from across America and around the world, There's Mango from Uruguay, Little Pablo Escobark hiding in the bathtub of The Murray Hotel in Hong Kong, Bogey The Dood(le) calls his mom "obsessed," adding, "she trimmed me, then washed me, and made me pretend I was asleep for the photo. Then she trimmed me again!" Sprinkled through the book is a timeline... the first case in Wuhan, then in the U.S., the lock down in Italy, WHO declaring the pandemic, the spread, the surges. At the end of the book are personal "Journal Pages" with prompts: "When I first heard we'd be sheltering in, I went out and bought...." "My 5 top favorite TV Binges...." "The hardest part of the lockdown was...." "SCRUFFY will easily become a family keepsake for generations to come -- a reminder of a unique and challenging time in in our lives, ending with a place to enter the date the first safe and effective vaccine was announced. To that effort, one hundred per cent of the book's profits will go directly to fund new treatments for the most severe cases of COVID-19, sponsored by The Cure Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of global scientists sharing knowledge to end human suffering from COVID-19.