charecters

are any of the characters or dogs other than shiloh based of of real life for example Judds dog or doc Wallace. i love your books by the way

No, all of the characters were born in my own head.  I had to ask myself a lot of questions:  what kind of man would the father be, so reluctant to let Marty have  a dog?  What  is his marriage like, as he seems to want his wife to be submissive.  What gives Marty the courage to defy his parents because he feels that the greater good is saving a dog’s life?  What would Judd Travers be like, to have been treated so badly as a child?   Answering all these questions in my mind helped me decide how each character would walk and talk and look and act.