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Soul Of A Dog (Hardcover)

By: Jon Katz (Author)

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The best-selling author of Dog Days explores the question about whether animals have souls, sharing stories about the author's border collie and other pet and farm animals he lives with to consider their spiritual characters and seemingly moral or amoral choices.

The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Dog Days" ponders the question of whether animals have souls, through stories of his own dogs and the farm animals he lives with
Do animals have souls? Do they affect ours? Do they make moral choices? Jon Katz believes that the soulfulness of animals lies in the things they do and the impact they have on our lives. In "Soul of a Dog" he explores the idea through stories of his border collie Rose, about whom Jon receives more inquiries and e-mail than any of his other animals. Not one for being petted or cuddled, Rose's integrity and devotion to running the farm are complete. When Jon is sick, Rose is the only one of the dogs who will not leave his side.
Here too are fascinating looks at his other dogs, Izzy, Lenore, and Pearl; his gentle, ethereal donkeys; a murderous barn cat named Mother; assorted chickens and sheep; some obnoxious goats, and a 2,500-pound doughnut-loving steer named Elvis. With the same wisdom, humor, and insight that prompted the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram "to call Jon Katz "a Thoreau for modern times," "Soul of a Dog" illuminates our interspecies
relationships with tales of these unforgettable animals.

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Jon Katz uses anecdotes starring the animal inhabitants of Bedlam Farm, the homestead he has documented in several previous books, to attempt to discern whether or not animals have souls. The star performer is Katz's amazing sheepdog, Rose, who is more of an authority figure to the other animals than Katz himself is, but other stories focus on the intriguing behavior of chickens, goats, donkeys, and one particularly memorable barn cat. As he observes the daily workings of this robust animal community, Katz notices the emergence of distinct moral, emotional and ethical traits, though he wonders whether those aspects exist in the animals themselves or merely in his interpretation of their interactions.

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