Sniffy the Beagle

Rita S. Eagle Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist mom and grandmother. Formerly of New York City and Toronto she now lives in Southern California with her family and her sons dog Henry.B.Eagle. .She has published in several professional journals and is the author of the recently published book Help Him Make you Smile: Intersubjectivity in the Atypical child. Sniffy is her first published childrens book. Gerry Rasmussen is a cartoonist from Edmonton Canada. His comic strip Betty has been syndicated by United Feature Syndicate since 1991 and appears in nearly 100 newspapers and magazines in seven countries. Gerrys illustrations have also appeared in publications websites and ad campaigns. Sniffy is his first childrens book. Sniffy the Beagle includes accurate information about the training of detector dogs provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. However Henry B. Eagle is the proto-type for Sniffy and he has never worked a day in his life.