A good dog : the story of Orson, who changed my life Jon Katz.
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TextPublisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperback, 2007, c2006Edition: 1st Random House trade pbk. edDescription: 240 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780812971491 (pbk.); 0812971493 (pbk.)Subject(s): Katz, Jon | Dogs -- New Jersey -- Anecdotes | Dogs -- Behavior -- New Jersey -- Anecdotes | Human-animal relationships -- New Jersey -- Anecdotes | Border collie -- New Jersey -- AnecdotesDDC classification: 636.737/40929 LOC classification: SF426.2 | .K3825 2006Online resources: Sample text | Publisher description Summary: "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.
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"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.
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