"a delightful true story of the age-old bond between man and dog."

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Product Description

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

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8504 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
'Dog fans will chuckle and blub' --Daily Mail

About the Author
Jon Katz has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, GQ and other magazines as well as having a regular column about dogs and rural life for online magazine Slate. He has written sixteen books, many of them about dogs, and co-hosts an awardwinning radio show Dog Talk. After the period of this book, he moved to a farm in upstate New York where he and his wife live together with their dogs, sheep, cows, donkeys, a barn cat and four chickens. His website is www.bedlamfarm.com.

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Customer Reviews

A pleasant read for anyone who's ever loved a dog
As the proud mom of two welsh border collies, I too bought this book at a railway station based purely on the front cover picture. It's a simple but engaging story that would leave even the most hard-hearted reader with a basketful of intense emotions from one end of the scale to the other. This book quite literally had me laughing out loud, sobbing and then laughing again as I related with both canine and human characters alike. If you've ever owned, loved, lost or shouted at a dog, you'll thoroughly enjoy this read.

A beautiful story of life with dogs
I bought this book days after i took on a very young puppy,he too like devon was a handful to say the least.I could relate to this book in almost every way,as we also have a rescure dog who had a few hang ups.This book made me laugh so hard i cried and it also made me cry with sadness.It is beatufilly written in such a way that you feel the love for these dogs radiating right out of the pages at you.I honeslty couldnt put this book down and i was sad when i had finnished it, but it is the type of book that you will want to read again and again.

Beautifully written tale about a man and his four companions
What a beautiful book! I don't give many books the honour of remaining in my library due to lack of space but this one will be with me forever. It is a simple story but if you have dogs or have loved dogs then you will relate to this book. It has inspired me not to give up on my rebellious schnauzer Wilbur but to plod on like Jon did. He managed the subject of euthenasia so touchingly as well, he put my feelings into words and gave me release on decisions I have made in the past. This is a lovely book and well worth a read.