A good dog the story of Orson, who changed my life Katz, Jon. creator text biography nyu New York Random House Trade Paperback 2007, c2006 2007 2006 1st Random House trade pbk. ed. monographic eng
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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. Jon Katz. n-us-nj 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 9780812971491 (pbk.) 0812971493 (pbk.) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/ fy0664/2006042163-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/ enhancements/fy0646/2006042163-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/ fy0664/2006042163-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/ enhancements/fy0646/2006042163-d.html WLM 090716 20190501183048.0 147962333