Merle's Door Lessons from a Freethinking Dog

Name: Merle's Door Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
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ISBN: 9780151012701

ISBN-10: 0151012709

ISBN-13: 9780151012701

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Ted Kerasote

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While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog--a Labrador mix--who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle's native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in. A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the author, Merle's Door explores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior as well as insights into the origins…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 7/2/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Ted Kerasote is the author of many books, including the national bestseller "Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog" and "Out There: In The Wild in a Wired Age", which won the National Outdoor Book Award. His essays and photographs have appeared in Audubon, Geo, Outside, Science, The New York Times, and more than sixty other periodicals.



Prologue



From the Wild



The First Dog



The Synaptic Kiss



In the Genes



Building the Door



Growing Into Himself



Top Dog



The Gray Cat



Estrogen Clouds



At Home in the Arms of the Country



The Problem of Me



The Mayor of Kelly



The Alpha Pair



White Muzzle



What Do Dogs Want?



A Looser Leash



The First Passing



Through the Door


With Many Thanks


Notes


Index