Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog - Couverture rigide

Kerasote, Ted

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0151012709 ISBN 13 : 9780151012701

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007

Synopsis

While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog?a Labrador mix?who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle?s native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in.

A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the author, Merle?s Door explores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior as well as insights into the origins and evolution of the human-dog partnership. Merle showed Kerasote how dogs might live if they were allowed to make more of their own decisions, and Kerasote suggests how these lessons can be applied universally.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog?a Labrador mix?who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle?s native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in.

A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the author, Merle?s Door explores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior as well as insights into the origins and evolution of the human-dog partnership. Merle showed Kerasote how dogs might live if they were allowed to make more of their own decisions, and Kerasote suggests how these lessons can be applied universally.

Revue de presse

PRAISE FOR BLOODTIES

"The world is lucky to have this book."?ELIZABETH MARSHALL THOMAS, author of THE HIDDEN LIFE OF DOGS

PRAISE FOR OUT THERE

"[A] sly, funny, and wise look at the world beyond the walls that we erect to keep ourselves safe from the wilderness and to keep the wilderness safe from us."?ALEXANDRA FULLER, author of DON?T LET?S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0151012709
• ISBN 13: 9780151012701
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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