Ruth Carroll

A delightful story of a pony, Sassy, and a dog, Tough Enough, who run away from their veterinarian's enclosure in an attempt to get back home to their owners, the Tatum family. Set in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, the pair encounter some interesting people along their way-including a couple that brings them to a zoo they own! Wonderfully illustrated by Ruth Carroll.

Digby was the only dog on an island where everyone preferred cats, and when his master brought a whole group of stray dogs to live with island inhabitants, Digby had to defend his doghood and his friendship with the cats.

Beanie's little dog Tough Enough finds one of grandfather's ponies injured on the beach, and when the little horse is well he follows Beanie, the family, and his good friend Tough to their home in the Smoky Mountains.