CLAD YOU COULD SPEND PART
OF YOUR FRIDAY WITH US ON
"MIDMORNING."
AND ABANDONED DOGS ON A BIG
MISSION.
GEORGE IS A 140 POUND
NEWFOUNDLAND AND WAS HOMELESS
BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN IN BY HIS
HUMAN, HE WENT FROM BEING
ABANDONED TO BECOMING ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR SURFING DOGS
IN CALIFORNIA IN JUST ONE YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE WHY, JUST LOOK AT GEORGE.
CAMP OVER TO -- CAMPBELL HAS
WRITTEN A MEMOIR, AND THIS IS
PART OF THEIR NATIONWIDE TOUR.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
GUYS WITH US ON "MIDMORNING."
GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
NO PROBLEM.
TELL US HOW YOU PROVE -- ARE
YOU TWO FOUND EACH OTHER.
ARE BEGINNING WAS A LITTLE
CHALLENGING.
HE HAD TO BRING THAT UP.
DOES HE WANT TO SAY HI?
HI, GEORGE.
THAT'S A LOT OF SLOBBER.
I LOVE IT.
GEORGE WAS HOMELESS AND WAS
LOOKING FOR A HOME.
HE IS A BIG DOG AND HAD HAD
SOME ISSUES.
IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO TRY TO
FIND A HOME.
THEN AT THE SAME TIME, MY
MARRIAGE ENDED VERY
UNEXPECTEDLY, THROUGH A LOT OF
DISCUSSION AND I WAS PRETTY
DEVASTATED.
YOUR WIFE AT THE TIME JUST
MOVED OUT, RIGHT?
I CAME HOME FROM A BUSINESS
TRIP AND UP UNTIL THAT DAY
THOUGHT WE WERE VERY HAPPILY MARRIED.
I SAW NO SIGNS OF IT.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND YOU ARE OF
THE WRONG SIDE, IT'S TOUGH.
I SPEAK CANDIDLY IN THE BOOK, I
FELL INTO SOME DEPRESSION.
MY FRIENDS, MY COWORKERS, I
MANAGED TO GET IT TOGETHER FOR
WORK.
THEY NOTICE.
THEY SAID, WHY DON'T YOU ADOPT
A DOG?
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A TOUGH
SITUATION BUT I FELT AS IF I
COULD HELP GEORGE.
I FOUND A DOG RESCUE SITE AND
SO I THOUGHT I WAS DOING HIM A
FAVOR BY SAVING HIM, BUT AS
TIME WENT ON I REALIZED HE WAS
SAVING ME.
IS THAT WHY YOU DECIDED TO
PUT THIS DOWN INTO A BOOK?
WE HAVE HEARD SO MANY, YOU
KNOW, DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HER RESCUE DOGS HAVE DONE
THAT FOR THEIR ADOPTIVE HUMANS.
FOR YOU TO PUT THAT INTO A
BOOK, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A
FUN BOOK.
WAS THAT THERAPEUTIC FOR YOU?
IN A WAY IT WAS.
GEORGE AND I, BY THE TIME I
STARTED, I HAD BEEN THROUGH THE
FIRST OF WHAT I WAS DEALING WITH.
HIS STORY IS SO UNIQUE BECAUSE
WE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, I GOT TRANSFERRED.
HE WAS REALLY CAUTIOUS OF ME
AND DID NOT TRUST PEOPLE.
THE BOOK IS HOW WE LEARN HOW TO
TRUST AND BECOME LOVING AND
SOCIAL WITH EVERYONE, NOT JUST
ME.
AND IN THE PROCESS HE REALLY
OPENED MY EYES.
I STILL ANGRY WITH MY MARRIAGE
AND I REALIZE, HE LEFT THE PAST
BEHIND, SO MAYBE I SHOULD DO
THE SAME THING.
GEORGE IS A GIANT DOG.
140 POUNDS.
HOW DO YOU GET A 140 POUND DOG
TO SURF? THIS IS AMAZING.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN, TRUST ME.
IT'S AMAZING.
HE JUST JUMPED ON THE BOARD ON
HIS OWN.
I NEVER REALLY ENCOURAGED HIM.
HE WAS ALWAYS FREE TO GET ALL
FOUR ON, WHEN HE DID NOT WANT
TO BUT HE LOVES IT.
ANY TIME HE SEES A SURFING
BOARD, WHETHER I OWN IT OR NOT,
WHICH IS SORT OF EMBARRASSING,
HE JUMPS ON IT.
THE LOCAL SURFERS AT THE BEACH
ALL KNOW GEORGE.
SO NOW, YOU AND GEORGE ARE
ON A MISSION TO HELP OTHER
DOGS?
YES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
REALLY LUCKY WITH HIS WE HAVE
WORKED WITH PEDIGREE.
THEY HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM
CALLED FEED THE GOOD AND THERE
HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT 10 MILLION
POLES TO HOMELESS DOGS ACROSS
AMERICA.
WE ARE HELPING WITH THAT
PROCESS AND DONATING TO TO
SHELTER DOGS AS WE GO ALONG.
THEY'VE GOT A BIG OLD BUS,
TO?
YEAH.
THAT BUS IS AMAZING.
OH, COOL!
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A GIANT
PICTURE OF GEORGE ON THE COVER.
THAT IS LIFE-SIZE.
WE ARE ON THE BUS AND HAVE A
OF BOOKS TO SIGN, AND AT
BOOKSTORES, AND HAVE A A FEW TO
GIVE AWAY TO SHELTERS.
IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
AND YOU HAVE A BOOK SIGNING
HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES?
YES.
I 2:00.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE THAT
HAS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
FOLLOWING GEORGE.
AND, IT IS NICE BECAUSE WE HAVE
A LOT OF FRIENDS HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOW IS THE CHANCE.
YOUR BACKHAND IS IN MARKETING,
YOU WERE IN SPORTS MARKETING
BEFORE BECOMING A FULL-TIME
AUTHOR.
YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
SELLING, RIGHT?
A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE I'M
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT
LEARNING AS I GO.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GREAT
STORY TO TELL AND YOU DO, FOR
SURE.
THE BOOK SIGNING A SATURDAY.
BY THE WAY, WILL PUT IT UP ON
THAT GRAPHIC, 20 FIFTH AVENUE
SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS.
HAVE A GREAT TIME.