Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond

Description

Our Dogs, Ourselves:  The Story of a Singular Bond

by Alexandra Horowitz

ISBN:  9781501175015

Publisher:  Scribner

Publication Year:  2019

Format:  Trade Paperback

Pages:  312

From the back cover:

“From Alexandra Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, an eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship.

We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love dogs and (we assume) are loved by them. We buy them sweaters, toys, shoes; we are concerned with their social lives, their food, and their health. The story of humans and dogs is thousands of years old but is far from understood. in Our Dogs, Ourselves, Alexandra Horowitz explores all aspects of this unique and complex interspecies pairing.

As Horowitz considers the current culture of dogdom, she reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs. We celebrate their individuality but breed them for sameness.We have conversations with them, though they don’t talk back. Despite our deep emotional relationships with dogs, legally they are property to be bought, sold, abandoned, or euthanised as we wish.

In thirteen thoughtful and charming chapters, Our Dogs, Ourselves affirms our profound affection for this most charismatic of animals – and opens our eyes to the companions at our sides as never before.

‘Nearly flawless.’ ~ The Bark Magazine

‘For a wide-ranging exploration of the human-dog relationship, including its perils and pitfalls, pick up Our Dogs, Ourselves …[It] will make you see canine companions in new ways.’ ~ Science News

‘Altogether fascinating.’ ~ Brain Pickings”