A sweet, sad memoir of the author’s relationship with a psychologically damaged border collie. He’s taken a fair amount of criticism for his decision in the end, but personally I [spoiler] agree with the author that the life of an unpredictably dangerous dog cannot be prioritized over the serious in...
“When you lose a dog or cat, you lose love, plain and simple. Love is hard to come by in our world, and love you get every day, with no strings attached, is precious.” I started this book the day that my cat Phoebe died, and I finished it before the weekend was over. I teared up often. It was thera...
Author Jon Katz is in the middle of a disintegrating marriage when he meets artist Maria Wulff and her overprotective dog, Frieda. Katz, an experienced dog trainer and small farm owner, realizes that if he wants to become closer to Maria, he has to get past the dog.Katz writes frankly, not only abou...
I haven't read Jon Katz's other dog books, but have always wanted to read at least one. When I was given a chance to read this one I was happy to read a dog story that I knew did not have a unhappy ending. In other words, I knew this dog would always have a home and nothing tragic happened to her be...
Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog who Knows a Thousand Words is a book which chronicles Chaser’s training and her owner, John Pilley’s dog-owning history in a friendly, citizen-science sort of way. The book details how Chaser was trained from a small pup to recognize a large number of toys by ...
*Check out http://www.infinitereads.com for other reviews and sundry thoughts!* Jon Katz is best known for charming readers with autobiographical observations of the assorted animals who live with him at Bedlam Farm, particularly his dogs. In Dancing Dogs, his first collection of short stories, Katz...
I think this book was ok for me. I think it was a bit "author centric" focused on his own situation versus looking at the areas of animal grieving in general. I do agree with the reviewer who felt it "jumped" around too much with the different type of animals and whether they were "grieving" worthy....
Jon Katz has written a simple yet wise book about grieving the loss of a pet. It covers a range of situations of loss that pet owners might find themselves in offering suggestions on how to deal with them based on Katz's own experience. He also provides many examples from others who have shared thei...
Having lost a dog around the same period as I received an advanced reader copy of this book, I was unsure of what to do. My black lab Ozzie had been a part of my life from a young age, and in a sense we grew up together. I’m 24 and Ozzie came into my family when I was 12, but I quickly took to him...
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