Me 'n Jess and an Irish Fisherman

Hi! Jesse was half golden retriever and half white German shepherd. She was born in Tennessee in 1982 and died in Colorado in 1996. This is the story of our life together. I had wanted to write this book for a few years before Jesse died, but never took the time. Four years after she died, I went back to Ireland on my second horse trek, fell for a handsome Irish fisherman, and just had to go back to see what would happen. I decided that it was the perfect time to write this book. So I did. I finished this book in 2001 and wrote to some publishers suggesting that it was a marketable story. I received a few responses agreeing with me, but their particular company wasn't geared for this type of book. I was going to keep trying because I thought Jesse should be shared with other dog people. Around that time, a friend's dog died and I gave him the story to read to cheer him up. He was crazy about it and suggested that it should be a movie. No way. It's a book. I believe he triggered an idea about a movie in my head that completely consumed me and led me to shelving this book. I did make a movie. It's a love story set in the restaurant biz called "Did I Say Thousand Island?" Now it's time to let Jesse's adventures entertain others too. I hope you enjoy this love story about my silly, yet wonderful friend Jesse. As you will find out, I still don't have another dog...