A Dog Year: Rescuing Devon, the most troublesome dog in the world - Softcover

Katz, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091925290 ISBN 13: 9780091925291

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2008

Synopsis

Jon and his wife live in a New Jersey suburb with two perfectly behaved Labradors. Then into the mix comes Devon, who creates havoc from the moment he arrives at the airport, when it takes Jon, two baggage handlers and three police officers to track him down after he escapes. Jon learns the hard way how to encourage Devon to behave. But amongst the difficulties of their first year together, Jon discovers his life is enlivened by a creature with so much mischievousness and joie de vivre. In fact, Jon finds that he is to change as much as Devon. By turns insightful, hilarious and deeply moving, A Dog Year is a delightful true story of the age-old bond between man and dog.

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Review:

"Jon Katz understands dogs as few others do, intuitively and unburdened by sentimentality. His keen insights cut to the heart of the human-pet relationship - its immense joys and painful sorrows. With wisdom and grace, he unlocks the canine soul and the complicated wonders that lie within and offers powerful inights to anyone who has ever struggled with, and loved, a troubled animal" (John Grogan, author of MARLEY AND ME)

"What distinguishes Katz's witty canine account from most others is his absention from sentimentality ... The adventures described in A Dog Year are the stuff of great fiction ... Part cautionary tale, part love story, A Dog Year reminds us that adopting a pet is a massive responsibility but one that rewards the owner with a rich, more meaningful life" (Los Angeles Times)

"Moving, funny ... a loveable mutt of a book" (Chicago Times)

"Dog fans will chuckle and blub" (Daily Mail)

Book Description:

When Jon Katz takes in a young troubled border collie, his calm, sedate life will never be the same again

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0091925290
• ISBN 13: 9780091925291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240