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Born to Bark : My Adventures with an Irrepressible and Unforgettable Dog by Stanley Coren (2011, Trade Paperback)

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"For Christmas the woman who would become my wife bought me a dog--a little terrier. The next year her Christmas gift to me was a shotgun. Most of the people in my family believe that those two gifts were not unrelated." So begins Born to Bark , the charming new memoir by psychologist and beloved dog expert Stan Coren of his relationship with an irrepressible gray Cairn terrier named Flint. Stan immediately loved the pup for his friendly nature and indefatigable spirit, though his wife soon found the dog's unpredictable exuberance difficult to deal with, to say the least. Even though Flint drove Stan's wife up the wall, he became the joy of Stan's life. The key to unlocking this psychologist-author's way of looking at dog behavior, Flint also became the inspiration behind Coren's classic, The Intelligence of Dogs . Undeterred by Flint's irrepressible behavior (and by the breeder's warning that he might be untrainable), Coren set out to prove that his furry companion could pass muster with the best of them. He persevered in training the unruly dog and even ventured into the competitive circles of obedience trials in dog shows, where Flint eventually made canine history as the highest-scoring Cairn terrier in obedience competition up to that time. (Stan chose not to tell his wife that the highest-ranking obedience dog of that year, a border collie, earned a total score that was fifty times higher.) The longest-running popular expert on human-dog bonding, Coren has enlivened his respected books and theories about dogs with accounts of his own experiences in training, living with, loving, and trying to understand them. A consummate storyteller, Coren now tells the wry, poignant, goofy, and good-hearted tale of his life with the dog who (in the words of his own book titles) taught him How to Speak Dog and How Dogs Think and whose antics made him ask Why Does My Dog Act That Way? Illustrated with Coren's own delightful line drawings and photos, and interwoven with his heartfelt anecdotes of other beloved dogs from his earlier life, Born to Bark is an irresistible good dog/bad dog tale of this extraordinary, willful pooch and his profound impact on his master's insights into canine behavior as a research psychologist and on his outlook on life as a whole.

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Free Press
ISBN-10
1439189218
ISBN-13
9781439189214
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Author
Stanley Coren
Publication Name
Børn to Bark : My Adventures with an Irrepressible and Unforgettable Dog
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
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"I've learned more from Stanley Coren about dogs and people than from just about any other writer and thinker on the subject. Born to Bark is a wonderful addition to the growing, long overdue body of literature on dogs and humans. He writes about Flint with joy, warmth, and great love, and in so doing, teaches us so much about ourselves and the intense way we connect with our dogs. Coren understands better than anyone how dogs think. Now he teaches us about how we think about them. A wonderful read for anyone who has ever loved a dog." --Jon Katz, author of Soul of a Dog, "Just as Stanley Coren's important books on dogs deserve prime spots in every animal lover's library, so will his Cairn terrier, Flint, win a special place in each dog lover's heart. This little dog with a big soul will utterly captivate you. Even when he's misbehaving (which is rather often) you can't help but love Flint's fierce terrier courage, his boundless energy, and his mischievous sense of humor. In this personal and personable memoir, Dr. Coren offers respectful and penetrating insights into the lively mind of a special dog--and revealing glimpses into his own soul as well." --Sy Montgomery, author of Birdology, "[W]ith charming biographical history of his youth enriched by a variety of pets, all of whom played a large part in his emotional development. ... A tender, charming portrait of a consummate canine connoisseur." -- Kirkus, "Stanley Coren's funny and touching memoir, Born To Bark, reveals how the mentor we've come to know and love became so expert at reading the minds and hearts of dogs." --Ted Kerasote, author of Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog, "[A] quirky blend of history, science, and personal experience by psychologist and trainer Stanley Coren...has a lot to teach us about dogs." -- O: The Oprah Magazine
Target Audience
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Topic
Dogs / Breeds, Dogs / Training, Personal Memoirs, Dogs / General
Dewey Decimal
636.755092/9
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Pets

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