This middle grade adaptation of Our Dogs, Ourselves is an eye-opening, entertaining, and beautifully illustrated look at humans’ complicated and sometimes contradictory relationship with man’s best friend by New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog.
We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love dogs and (we assume) we are loved by them. Even while we see ourselves in dogs, we also treat them in surprising ways. On the one hand, we let them into our beds, we give them meaningful names, make them members of our family, and buy them the best food, toys, accessories, clothes, and more. But we also shape our dogs into something they aren’t meant to be. Purebreeding dogs has led to many unhealthy pups. Many dogs have no homes, or live out their lives in shelters. How is it possible we can treat the same species in these two totally different ways?
In Our Dogs, Ourselves—Young Readers Edition, bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs.
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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9781534410138
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Chapter 1: Bonded
- Chapter 2: The Perfect Name
- Chapter 3: Pet or Property
- Chapter 4: More than One Type of Person
- Chapter 5: Things People say to their Dogs
- Chapter 6: The Trouble with Breeds
- Chapter 7: More Trouble with Breeds
- Chapter 8: The Scientific Process as Practiced at Home Watching Dogs on a Thursday Evening
- Chapter 9: Dog Stuff
- Chapter 10: The Dog in the Mirror
- Chapter 11: Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab by The Numbers
- Chapter 12: Does my Dog Love Me?
- Chapter 13: Making Puppies
- Chapter 14: Humorless
- Chapter 15: The Tail of the Dog
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Glossary
- Notes and Sources
- Index
- Copyright