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Lessons from a freethinking dog ebook written by ted kerasote. They became attached to each other, and kerasote decided to name the dog merle and bring him home. The prolific jon katz, whose first dog book, a dog year, came out 2002, has expanded his title empire by publishing nearly a book a year, and has become a selfstyled gentleman farmer. There, he realized that merle s native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world.
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I love the way ted talks for merle its not baby talk, but it seems to really come from merle. Noted jazz and pop record producer thiele offers a chatty autobiography. This beautiful dog is a rescue dog, but not as we know it ted and merle found each other by accident, and forged a bond which is the subject of this great book. Merles door lessons from a freethinking dog humorous, jubilant and touching by turns publishers weekly acting as merles translator, and using merles life and lessons as a door into the world of dogs, ted takes us on the journey they shared while showing how any dog can benefit from more freedom.
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