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Gabriela Duran was born in Mexico, being an only child of her father second marriage she grew up surrounded by adults, and pets, lots of different animals. Gabriela had parrots, canaries, rabbit, fish, turtles, cat , chickens and of course dogs; when she was born they were a couple of working dogs already in the house that belonged to her father and her older half-brothers, Gabriela has never being afraid of dogs and instead there has always being a deep connection with them, she got her first dog at age 3, a brown cocker spaniel that did not last her long, due to her mother not being an animal lover, the dog disappeared, after that one, at age 4 Gabriela got to keep a short hair German pointer that was born in the house but he died, and when she turned 6 her late half-brother Jorge gave Gabriela the first dog she got to keep a red toy poodle named Charlie, Charlie lived several years and Gabriela grew a deep love for dogs specially poodles. later in life, She started to be aware of the stray dogs running around and the misery they live thru, she decided she needed to do something about it, this was not easy since her mother practically hates animals, so Gabriela was not allow to bring strays home, when she turned 17 she got involved with the local kennel club and met more people like her, crazy dog lovers, soon she realized she was not the only one wanted to change the life of unwanted animals, it was a sense of belonging somewhere and just feel very comfortable with the people around her, people that where completely different to what she had meet, people from all walks of life not only from her privilege life, and later in life during her university years, she got the opportunity to move up to a bigger city where she joined a rescue group, this was back in 2001 and since then she keep the idea she needed to do something bigger to help this dogs in need, but what?, how? And in México?. She was also in to the world of show dogs since at age 18 she got very involved in to dog shows, and dog obedience training it was her way of escaping the real chaotic world she feel trap in and see a world of love, companionship and friendship. As of today Gabriela keeps helping dogs in need, now living in Canada with her 3 poodles, she has found a way to rescue and bring to good Canadian homes Mexican dogs in need, but still wants to do more for the dogs of the world. She truly believe helping ending the suffering of unwanted dogs is what she was put in this world for, and this book is the beginning of this mission or at least is how she sees it, Peachy is finally the first rescue dog that Gabriela is being able to keep and well Peachy is also a teacher.
Reviewed by Faridah Nassozi for Readers' Favorite
In Peachy The Warrior Princess by Gabriela Duran, Gaby has been rescuing dogs her whole life. Her dream is to see that all pets live a happy and free life. She thought she had seen it all as far as the suffering of dogs is concerned, but nothing in her whole life experience and all the years she had spent rescuing dogs had prepared her for the cruel reality of commercial dog breeding facilities; puppy mills. But that is exactly how she came to own the cute little toy poodle called Peachy. After years of being used to breed puppies for sale, Peachy was finally rescued from the puppy mill and later ended up in the care of Gaby. Gaby was heartbroken by the story of Peachy's life at the puppy mill and was determined to give the dog a new and better life. This is the story of Peachy and Gaby, the beautiful life they shared and the lessons Gaby learnt from Peachy.
Peachy The Warrior Princess by Gabriela Duran is a touching and inspiring story of how a little dog recovered from its miserable life, embraced the new life she had been given and went on to profusely touch the life of its owner and many others. The story gave a beautiful voice to the life lived by such a remarkable little dog. It really made me think twice about how we humans treat the animals we keep as pets and others. We always assume that they have no feelings or just ignore those feelings, but reading this book made me have a whole new take on that matter. Thanks to Gabriela Duran, the next time I interact with an animal will be a lot different. I was completely awed by the way this tiny dog touched Gaby's life and the lessons Gaby picked up from Peachy are lessons that we can all use in our lives.
