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Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog Paperback - 2008 - 1st Edition
by Ted Kerasote
Using the latest in wolf research and exploring issues of animal consciousness, leadership, and the origins of the human-dog relationship, Kerasote takes readers on the journey shared with a dog he found in a Utah desert.
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Now including a wonderful new photo insert chronicling Merle’s life, this national bestseller explores the relationship between humans and dogs. How would dogs live if they were free? Would they stay with their human friends?Merle and Ted found each other in the Utah desert Merle was living wild and Ted was looking for a pup to keep him company. As their bond grew, Ted taught Merle how to live around wildlife, and Merle taught Ted about the benefits of letting a dog make his own decisions.Using the latest in wolf research and exploring issues of animal consciousness and leadership and the origins of the human-dog relationship, Ted Kerasote takes us on the journey he and Merle shared. As much a love story as a story of independence and partnership, Merle’s Door is tender, funny, and ultimately illuminating.
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"Anyone who ever loved a dog will find something to enjoy in Merle's Door."--The Christian Science Monitor Merle and Ted found each other in the Utah desert Merle living wild and Ted looking for a pup to shape into a companion. But the training went both ways. Ted taught Merle how to live around wildlife and Merle taught Ted that a dog grows more intelligent whenallowed to makehis own decisions.Their journey is part buddy adventure, part love story, and part insightful explanation of how sharing leadership with your dog will make him a better best friend. "Merle s Door is a window into the mind of a dog. You will experience his loyalty, fears, and joys and his true inner self. Everybody who loves dogs must read this book." Temple Grandin, author of Animals In Translation
"Merle's Dooris a compelling, insightful and tender story that opens new doors into the understanding of the nature of dogs."--Bark Magazine TED KERASOTE s writing has appeared in more than fifty periodicals, including Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Field & Stream, Salon, and the New York Times. His most recent book, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age, won the National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Wyoming.
"Merle's Dooris a compelling, insightful and tender story that opens new doors into the understanding of the nature of dogs."--Bark Magazine TED KERASOTE s writing has appeared in more than fifty periodicals, including Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Field & Stream, Salon, and the New York Times. His most recent book, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age, won the National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Wyoming.
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- Title Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
- Author Ted Kerasote
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvest Publications, Orlando, FL, USA
- Date 2008-04-21
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780156034500 / 0156034506
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.05 x 5.36 x 1.12 in (20.45 x 13.61 x 2.84 cm)
- Reading level 1120
- Library of Congress subjects Human-animal relationships, Dogs - Wyoming
- Dewey Decimal Code 636.709
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