Goodreads asked Ray M. Vento:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Ray M. Vento I was inspired to write "Over the Ivy Covered Fence" from two experiences. When I was boy growing up in Los Angeles, I use to spend many afternoons talking with an elderly next door neighbor over the fence that separated our properties. Like so many adults from my childhood, she was a wonderful story teller and loved to garden. The second experience came much later as an adult when I met a rather lage black Labrador-mix dog named Sauvage. Up to meeting Sauvage, I was apprehensive about being around large dogs, but, in time my fears were replaced by a strong bond of love. So this book was intended to show through friendship some fears can be conquered.

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