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Author: Allison Weiss Entrekin
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Published: 2011-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781600783715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDifferent qualities and aspects of dogs are illustrated by each letter of the alphabet, explaining the characteristics that make them so lovable and valuable to society.
Author: Lewis Blackwell
Publisher:
Published: 2014-09-30
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780733633027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing the successful book The Life and Love of Cats, this beautiful photographic survey of dogs also contains insightful text exploring our unique relationship with dogs throughout history.
Author: Andrew Root
Publisher: Convergent Books
Published: 2018-06-05
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0451497619
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the bestselling tradition of Inside of a Dog and Marley & Me, a smart, illuminating, and entertaining read on why the dog-human relationship is unique--and possibly even "spiritual." Dr. Andrew Root's search for the canine soul began the day his eight-year-old son led the family in a moving Christian ritual at the burial service for Kirby, their beloved black lab. In the coming weeks, Root found himself wondering: What was this thing we'd experienced with this animal? Why did the loss hurt so poignantly? Why did his son's act seem so right in its sacramental feel? In The Grace of Dogs, Root draws on biology, history, theology, cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), and paleontology to trace how in our mutual evolution, humans and dogs have so often helped each other to become more fully ourselves. Root explores questions like: Do dogs have souls? Is it accurate to say that dogs "love" us? What do psychology and physiology say about why we react to dogs in the way that we do? The Grace of Dogs paints a vivid picture of how, beyond sentimentality, the dog-human connection can legitimately be described as "spiritual"--as existing not for the sake of gain, but for the unselfish desire to be with and for the other, and to remind us that we are persons worthy of love and able to share love. In this book for any parent whose kids have asked if they'll see Fido in Heaven, or who has looked their beloved dog in the face and wondered what's going on in there, Dr. Root delivers an illuminating and heartfelt read that will change how we understand man's best friend.
Author: Clive D. L. Wynne
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-09-24
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1328543986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pioneering canine behaviorist draws on cutting-edge research to show that a single, simple trait—the capacity to love—is what makes dogs such perfect companions for humans, and explains how we can better reciprocate their affection. “Lively and fascinating . . . The reader comes away cheered, better informed, and with a new and deeper appreciation for our amazing canine companions and their enormous capacity for love.” —Cat Warren, New York Times best-selling author of What the Dog Knows Does your dog love you? Every dog lover knows the feeling. The nuzzle of a dog’s nose, the warmth of them lying at our feet, even their whining when they want to get up on the bed. It really seems like our dogs love us, too. But for years, scientists have resisted that conclusion, warning against anthropomorphizing our pets. Enter Clive Wynne, a pioneering canine behaviorist whose research is helping to usher in a new era: one in which love, not intelligence or submissiveness, is at the heart of the human-canine relationship. Drawing on cutting-edge studies from his lab and others around the world, Wynne shows that affection is the very essence of dogs, from their faces and tails to their brains, hormones, even DNA. This scientific revolution is revealing more about dogs’ unique origins, behavior, needs, and hidden depths than we ever imagined possible. A humane, illuminating book, Dog Is Love is essential reading for anyone who has ever loved a dog—and experienced the wonder of being loved back.
Author: Jennifer Skiff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-08-27
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1451621590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA moving collection of amazing stories that will make you laugh and cry, show just how much dogs bring to our lives.
Author: Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Publisher: Crown
Published: 1998-09-08
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0609802011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDogs fill our hearts with love and our minds with wonder, but their emotional lives have remained unexplored since Darwin 125 years ago. Now in Dogs Never Lie About Love, controversial psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson brilliantly navigates the rich inner landscape of "our best friends." As he guides readers through the surprising depth of canine emotional complexity, Jeffrey Masson draws from myth and literature, from scientific studies, and from the stories and observations of dog trainers and dog lovers around the world. But the stars of the book are the author's own three dogs whose delightful and mysterious behavior provides the way to exploring a wide range of subjects--from emotions like gratitude, compassion, loneliness, and disappointment to speculating what dogs dream of and how their powerful sense of smell shapes their perception of reality. As he sweeps aside old prejudices on animal behavior, Masson reaches into a rich universe of dog feeling to its essential core, their "master emotion": love. Like the dogs he loves, Masson's writing will capture the reader with its playful, mysterious, and serious sides. Its surprising insights provide a new dimension of understanding for dog owners everywhere.
Author: Life Magazine
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 91
ISBN-13: 9780316526913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntended as a perfect gift for dog lovers, a gallery of photographs collects the most memorable canine images, from celebrity dogs to dogs imitating humans to dogs just being dogs. 50,000 first printing.
Author: Lewis Blackwell
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2014-09-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781419713934
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"For all dog lovers, The Life and Love of Dogs offers hundreds of incredible images by acclaimed photographers from around the world. A textual exploration of our unique relationship with dogs, including a surprising analysis of the qualities that make a dog attractive in our eyes ..., it sheds original light on this great love affair"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Jon Katz
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2004-06-08
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 0375760555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn an increasingly fragmented and disconnected society, dogs are often treated not as pets, but as family members and human surrogates. The New Work of Dogs profiles a dozen such relationships in a New Jersey town, like the story of Harry, a Welsh corgi who provides sustaining emotional strength for a woman battling terminal breast cancer; Cherokee, companion of a man who has few friends and doesn’t know how to talk to his family; the Divorced Dogs Club, whose funny, acerbic, and sometimes angry women turn to their dogs to help them rebuild their lives; and Betty Jean, the frantic founder of a tiny rescue group that has saved five hundred dogs from abuse or abandonment in recent years. Drawn from hundreds of interviews and conversations with dog lovers and canine professionals, The New Work of Dogs combines compelling personal narratives with a penetrating look at human/animal attachment, and it presents a vivid portrait of a community—and, by extension, an entire nation—that is turning to its pets for emotional support and stability in a changing and uncertain world.
Author: James K. Beggan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2022-09-07
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1666907847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the last twenty-thousand years, dogs and people have shared a unique bond in the animal kingdom. In How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict, James K. Beggan uses symbolic interaction to examine the meaning that dogs have for people as friends and family members. Although many animal rights advocates express dismay over the subordinate status ownership implies, the author argues that ownership creates a powerful psychological connection that makes it easier for people to imbue dogs with humanlike characteristics. Beggan outlines how dogs’ sensitivity to inequity, in combination with a high degree of cognitive capacity, makes it possible for dogs to be active agents in creating conflict between people. The author's analysis of social conflict between people over their dogs connects to profound philosophical concepts about the nature of mind, the relationship between humans and animals, and the moral responsibility human beings have to dogs and other animals.
