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New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz-"a Thoreau for modern times" (San Antonio Express-News)-offers us a deeper understanding of the inner lives of animals and teaches us how we can more effectively communicate with them, made real by his own remarkable experiences with a wide array of creatures great and small. In Talking to Animals, journalist Jon Katz-who left his Manhattan life behind two decades ago for life on a farm where he is surrounded by dogs, cats, sheep, horses, cows, goats, and chickens-marshals his experience to offer us a deeper insight into animals and the tools needed for effectively communicating with them. Devoting each chapter to a specific animal from his life, Katz tells funny and illuminating stories about his profound experiences with them, showing us how healthy engagement with animals falls into five key areas: Food, Movement, Visualization, Language, and Instincts. Along the way, we meet Simon the donkey who arrives at Katz's farm near death and now serves as his Tai Chi partner. We meet Red the dog who started out antisocial and untrained and is now a therapy dog working with veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. And we meet Winston, the dignified and brave rooster who was injured defending his hens from a hawk and who has better interpersonal skills than most humans. Thoughtful and intelligent, lively and powerful, this book will completely change the way you think about and interact with animals. Katz's "honest, straightforward, and sometimes searing prose will speak to those who love animals, and might well convert some who do not" (Booklist).
"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER
In this invaluable guide and touchstone, "New York Times"
bestselling author Jon Katz addresses the difficult but necessary
topic of saying goodbye to a beloved pet. Drawing on personal
experiences, stories from fellow pet owners, and philosophical
reflections, Katz provides support for those in mourning. By
allowing ourselves to grieve honestly and openly, he posits, we can
in time celebrate the dogs, cats, and other creatures that have so
enriched us. Katz compels us to consider if we gave our pets good
lives, if we were their advocates in times of need, and if we used
our best judgments in the end. In dealing with these issues, we can
alleviate guilt, let go, and help others who are undergoing similar
passages. By honoring the animals that have graced our lives, we
reveal their truly timeless gifts: unwavering companionship and
undying love.
Jon and his two perfectly behaved, chilled-out Labradors have always enjoyed a peaceful life. But when Jon agrees to give Devon, an abandoned little border collie, a home - things will never be the same again! From the moment mischeivous Devon explodes from his cage at the airport, Jon realises that his new friend is going to be trouble. And, over the course of the next year, he finds out just how much trouble one little dog can be! Find out all about Devon's life in his new home and his naughty adventures with geese, sheep, buses and meatballs in this wonderful true story!
Rose is determined and focused, keeping the sheep out of danger
and protecting the other creatures on the farm she calls home. But
of all those she's looked after since coming to the farm as a
puppy, it is Sam, the farmer, whom she watches most
carefully.
People who love dogs often talk about a 'lifetime' dog. I'd heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways.-Jon Katz In this gripping and deeply touching book, bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his lifetime dog, Orson: a beautiful border collie-intense, smart, crazy, and unforgettable. From the moment Katz and Orson meet, when the dog springs from his traveling crate at Newark airport and panics the baggage claim area, their relationship is deep, stormy, and loving. At two years old, Katz's new companion is a great herder of school buses, a scholar of refrigerators, but a dud at herding sheep. Everything Katz attempts- obedience training, herding instruction, a new name, acupuncture, herb and alternative therapies-helps a little but not enough, and not for long. Like all border collies and many dogs, Katz writes, he needed work. I didn't realize for some time I was the work Orson would find. While Katz is trying to help his dog, Orson is helping him, shepherding him toward a new life on a two-hundred-year-old hillside farm in upstate New York. There, aided by good neighbors and a tolerant wife, hip-deep in sheep, chickens, donkeys, and more dogs, the man and his canine companion explore meadows, woods, and even stars, wade through snow, bask by a roaring wood stove, and struggle to keep faith with each other. There, with deep love, each embraces his unfolding destiny. A Good Dog is a book to savor. Just as Orson was the author's lifetime dog, his story is a lifetime treasure-poignant, timeless, and powerful. From the Hardcover edition.
In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership
has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their
behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control,
untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and
biting millions of people a year. "From the Hardcover edition."
In 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.
When Jon Katz hears about Izzy, a three-year-old Border collie kept alone in a field on an abandoned farm, his heart speaks louder than his head and he agrees to take him in. Once again Jon finds himself challenged by a difficult dog. Having found his human, Izzy wants to go with Jon wherever he may be, and jumps fences and chews through locks to do so. Jon has been through this before with his dog Orson, and isn't sure he can cope with the responsibility and potential heartache again. But Jon's motley collection of animals - from Jesus the baby donkey to Elvis the surprisingly sociable steer, as well of course as farm manager and Border collie Rose - form an ideal refuge for Izzy. And as Jon and Izzy decide they are perfect companions, Jon realises just how much life on the farm has taught him about patience, perseverance and love. Please note, Saving Izzy is the UK title for the book published in the US as Dog Days.
Jon Katz, a respected journalist, father, and husband, was turning fifty. His writing career had taken a dubious turn, his wife had a demanding career of her own, his daughter was preparing to leave home for college, and he had become used to a sedentary lifestyle. Wonderfully witty and insightful, Running to the Mountain chronicles Katz's hunger for change and his search for renewed purpose and meaning in his familiar world.
From the Introduction by Jonathan Katz:
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