09/20/2026
Something very special is coming to Shadow & Friends™ this Christmas. 🎄🐾
For our upcoming books, Shadow & Friends™ Save Christmas! and its companion, Shadow & Friends™ Holiday Adventures: A Christmas Coloring Book, we’re doing something especially close to my heart.
We’ll be shining a light on two incredible, small, women-powered rescues: One Dane at a Time and West Coast Cane Corso Rescue.
Both women have a special love for their breeds, but their hearts don’t stop there. When another dog is in need, they don’t let breed stand in the way of helping.
They step up for dogs who are deaf, blind, missing limbs, elderly, medically fragile, special-needs, frightened—and even dogs they know may simply need a safe, loving place for hospice care.
Great Danes and Cane Corsos are enormous dogs, and unfortunately, dogs this size can be especially difficult to place when they enter shelters. Add age, illness, disability, or medical needs, and their chances can become even smaller.
That’s why I wanted these rescues—and the women behind them—to become part of this Christmas story.
I’ve received permission from both rescues, and some of their real rescue dogs will inspire characters and pages in both our Christmas storybook and coloring book. Each rescue will also have a special page in both books so families can learn more about the work they do and how they can support them.
This series is written for children, and I think that makes this message even more important.
I want children to grow up understanding that animals deserve compassion, patience, safety, and love—even when they’re old, sick, disabled, frightened, or simply a little different.
As always, a portion of our sales will be donated back to the organizations we support.
But this Christmas, I would love for our community to do even more.
If together we can help take even a little of the burden off these rescues, that would mean so much.
You can help by buying the books when they launch, sharing their stories, following the rescues, donating directly, or simply helping us spread the word.
🐾 Please follow and support them here:
❤️ One Dane at a Time:
https://www.facebook.com/onedaneatatime
❤️ West Coast Cane Corso Rescue:
https://www.facebook.com/westcoastcanecorsorescue
Every share matters.
Every donation matters.
Every dog matters. ❤️🐾
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be introducing you to these rescues, the incredible women behind them, and some very special dogs whose stories deserve to be told. 🐾🎄