Edition |
2007 Random House trade paperback edition. |
Description |
240 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Note |
Originally published in hardcover: New York : Villard Books, 2006. |
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"Includes a new afterword"--Cover. |
Summary |
"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." Author 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, their relationship is deep, stormy, and loving. 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, herb and alternative therapies--helps a little but not enough, and not for long. 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.--From publisher description. |
Subject |
Dogs -- New Jersey -- Anecdotes.
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Dogs -- Behavior -- New Jersey -- Anecdotes.
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Human-animal relationships -- New Jersey -- Anecdotes.
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Border collie -- New Jersey -- Anecdotes.
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Katz, Jon.
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ISBN |
9780812971491 paperback |
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0812971493 paperback |
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