Douglas Green grew up in Kansas City and has lived in Connecticut, Australia, and the Los Angeles area. For over twenty years, he worked in the entertainment world, as a writer, director, producer, editor, actor, and assistant director. Plays he directed have won multiple awards, and he has numerous shorts, ads, music videos, and a feature film, The Hiding Place, to his name.
Today, he is a psychotherapist working in private practice in West Los Angeles and Woodland Hills. He is also an adjunct professor of Psychology at a number of universities in Los Angeles. Doug also created, writes, and manages the website www.AskShirelle.com, which helps kids, teens, parents, and others around the world with advice from the point of view of a friendly dog. The concepts he uses in the website stem from his book The Teachings of Shirelle – Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead, released in 2015.
SYNOPSIS
A Dog of Many Names
Born a runt, Rascal is destined to be an underdog. Despite what looked like an unbreakable bond with the daughter of the family who bred her, Rascal’s devotion is discarded when she finds herself left roadside, with nothing but a few pieces of kibble to help her survive.
Abandoned and alone, Rascal must learn to fend for herself and embark on a harsh and dangerous journey through the mountain wilderness of Southern California. Along the way, she encounters strangers who teach her about the good and bad of humans. But will she ever find a home that lasts?
A Dog of Many Names is a courageous story of survival, seen through the eyes of an unforgettable dog, struggling between her greatest needs – to find her own strength and to love and be loved.