Katz, Jon.
A good dog : the story of Orson, who changed my life Jon Katz. - 1st Random House trade pbk. ed. - New York : Random House Trade Paperback, 2007, c2006. - 240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
"People who love dogs often talk about a 'lifetime' dog. I'd heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways." Author Katz tells the story of his lifetime dog, Orson: a beautiful border collie--intense, smart, crazy, and unforgettable. From the moment Katz and Orson meet, their relationship is deep, stormy, and loving. Two years old, Katz's new companion is a great herder of school buses, a scholar of refrigerators, but a dud at herding sheep. Everything Katz attempts--obedience training, herding instruction, a new name, herb and alternative therapies-- helps a little but not enough, and not for long. While Katz is trying to help his dog, Orson is helping him, shepherding him toward a new life on a two-hundred-year- old hillside farm in upstate New York.--From publisher description.
9780812971491 (pbk.) 13.95 0812971493 (pbk.)
Katz, Jon.
Dogs--New Jersey--Anecdotes.
Dogs--Behavior--New Jersey--Anecdotes.
Human-animal relationships--New Jersey--Anecdotes.
Border collie--New Jersey--Anecdotes.
SF426.2 / .K3825 2006
636.737/40929
A good dog : the story of Orson, who changed my life Jon Katz. - 1st Random House trade pbk. ed. - New York : Random House Trade Paperback, 2007, c2006. - 240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
"People who love dogs often talk about a 'lifetime' dog. I'd heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways." Author Katz tells the story of his lifetime dog, Orson: a beautiful border collie--intense, smart, crazy, and unforgettable. From the moment Katz and Orson meet, their relationship is deep, stormy, and loving. Two years old, Katz's new companion is a great herder of school buses, a scholar of refrigerators, but a dud at herding sheep. Everything Katz attempts--obedience training, herding instruction, a new name, herb and alternative therapies-- helps a little but not enough, and not for long. While Katz is trying to help his dog, Orson is helping him, shepherding him toward a new life on a two-hundred-year- old hillside farm in upstate New York.--From publisher description.
9780812971491 (pbk.) 13.95 0812971493 (pbk.)
Katz, Jon.
Dogs--New Jersey--Anecdotes.
Dogs--Behavior--New Jersey--Anecdotes.
Human-animal relationships--New Jersey--Anecdotes.
Border collie--New Jersey--Anecdotes.
SF426.2 / .K3825 2006
636.737/40929