FOUR FEET TO FAME: A HOLLYWOOD DOG TRAINER'S JOURNEY (paperback)

FOUR FEET TO FAME: A HOLLYWOOD DOG TRAINER'S JOURNEY (paperback) ISBN  9781629330921   Moviegoers know of Lassie, Old Yeller, Toto, Asta in the original Thin Man series, and Einstein in Back to the Future, (1985),but few know of the people behind the paws in films such as The Wizard of Oz (1939), Lassie Come Home (1943), The Thing (1951), Lassie television series (1954-1973), Hondo (1953), Old Yeller (1957), and Big Jake (1971).   From kennels to klieg lights, legendary dog trainer Bob Weatherwax pays tribute to Rudd Weatherwax, his father and the man whose genius guided some of the most beloved animal icons in motion picture history. This is their Hollywood inside story that no one could have ever imagined.   They were the most successful film dog trainers of all time, and they faced personal tragedy and fear of failure and loss, yet they survived to tell the tale of tails.Through humor and heartbreak, some of the most famous dogs on the silver screen owe their careers to an ordinary