About this title: This book spent over seven months on "The New York Times" best-seller list and has sold over half a million copies to dog lovers all over the world. By following one of her dogs, Misha, and by observing a wolf pack, Thomas concludes that dog behavior is organized around an overriding principle: all that dogs want is a settled social order. She explains the mysteries of marking, mating, fighting, and playing.
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Description: Williams, Jared Taylor. Good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Nice hard cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to dust jacket, stk #2459t9. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 148 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780395669587ISBN:0395669588
Description: Williams, Jared Taylor. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, bend on bottom corner of back cover, light stain on side edge of 3 pages, light bends on front cover, stk #2411s7. 148 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Describes a book that doesn't look quite brand new. May show some small signs of wear or minor spine creasing. Please note this book may have the previous owners name, nameplate or inscription on the inside cover. Our ultimate goal is to provide you with a satisfying customer experience. read more
Description: New in New jacket. New-This book has not been read and shows no obvious defects. It may have a remainder mark. Our ultimate goal is to provide you with a satisfying customer experience. read more
Description: HB with DJ, A Peter Davison Book/Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1993, ISBN#0395669588, illustrations by Jared T. Williams. Tan paper on boards with 1/4 red cloth backstrip is showing fine, DJ is lightly rubbed, contents are bright, clean and very tight. Fine in Very Good DJ. read more
Description: Fine. 0395669588 Excellent Condition First Edition Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, Dust jacket has no tears, mild shelf rubs, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
"Okay, I think it is possible that if I had read this back in 1993 or a time known as before Cesar Milan, I would have rated this book higher. That said...The writing style of E.M. Thomas is like a memoir but about her dogs, recalling events during their life-times, aligning them with humanistic emotion. The tale of a the dogs were very moving. I think even more so for someone who has loved and lost a dog. (Regarding this cover, I don't understand why there's a dalmation on the cover when she had huskies and pugs.) Thomas followed a husky around the city, eventually determining that the dog had a territory of over 100 miles. She investigated by observation not in a scientific/lab environment. It was interesting to see what the dogs did and how they interacted with one another as they went through their life span: integration in the community with other dogs, being in heat, having puppies, dealing with the puppies in a large community of dogs, and death. Thomas does get a bit preachy at times discussing breeding and animal shelters, which put unwanted animals to sleep. Overall, I enjoyed this quick read."
"This was an extremely quick, but extremely absorbing, read. Elizabeth Thomas asks the question that we should be appalled more science-minded people don't ask: What do dogs do when they're not with their people? She answers the question by following a husky, Misha, as he roamed around the city. (This did bother me a bit, but she assures us that he was very canny about cars. However, that doesn't help the fact that leashless dogs alarm some people, violate most laws and ordinances, and can turn people against dogs and dogowners). She later adopts a female husky and has a whole pack of dogs. She leaves them to themselves and observe as they slowly become less human-oriented and more like wolves. It's a fascinating story, and one that helps people cut through the nonsense and puffy anthropomorphism of many dog stories, straight through to the heart of what makes a dog a dog."
"This book gives true insight into the undeniable instincts and mannerisms of dogs. While I don't agree that dogs should be left to live untrained and according to their own instincts, Thomas paints a beautiful, loving picture of the familial ties and life within the canine pack."
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