Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond

From Alexandra Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy, an eye-opening, informative, "entertaining, and enlightening" (BookPage) celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike.

We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love dogs and (we assume) we are loved by them. We buy them sweaters, toys, shoes; we are concerned with their social lives, their food, and their health. The story of humans and dogs is thousands of years old but is far from understood. In Our Dogs, Ourselves, Alexandra Horowitz explores all aspects of this unique and complex interspecies pairing.

As Horowitz considers the current culture of dogdom, she reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs. We celebrate their individuality but breed them for sameness. Despite our deep emotional relationships with dogs, legally they are property to be bought, sold, abandoned, or euthanized as we wish. Even the way we speak to our dogs is at once perplexing and delightful.

In thirteen thoughtful and charming chapters, Our Dogs, Ourselves affirms our profound affection for this most charismatic of animals--and opens our eyes to the companions at our sides as never before.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 09/03/2019
ISBN: 9781501175008
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2019 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 07/29/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 12
Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 94
Shelf Awareness 09/06/2019

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 508631 / Our Dogs, Ourselves: How We Live with Dogs (Young Readers Edition)
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6