{"product_id":"the-dogs-of-bedlam-farm-an-adventure-with-sixteen-sheep-three-dogs-two-donkeys-and-me-9780812972504","title":"The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can't really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.\"\u003cbr\u003e-from \u003ci\u003eThe Dogs of Bedlam Farm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote about in \u003ci\u003eA Dog Year, \u003c\/i\u003e as was the mountaintop cabin they loved. Katz moved into an old farmhouse on forty-two acres of pasture and woods with a menagerie: a ram named Nesbitt, fifteen ewes, a lonely donkey named Carol, a baby donkey named Fanny, and three border collies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraining Orson was a demanding project. But a perceptive dog trainer and friend told Katz: \"If you want to have a better dog, you will just have to be a better goddamned human.\" It was a lesson Katz took to heart. He now sees his dogs as a reflection of his willingness to improve, as well as a critical reminder of his shortcomings. Katz shows us that dogs are often what we make them: They may have their own traits and personalities, but in the end, they are mirrors of our own lives-living, breathing testaments to our strengths and frustrations, our families and our pasts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dogs of Bedlam Farm\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a harrowing winter Katz spent on a remote, windswept hillside in upstate New York with a few life-saving friends, ugly ghosts from the past, and more livestock than any novice should attempt to manage. Heartwarming, and full of drama, insight, and hard-won wisdom, it is the story of his several dogs forced Katz to confront his sense of humanity, and how he learned the places a dog could lead him and the ways a doge could change him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812972504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.26w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jon Katz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45418912088245,"sku":"9780812972504","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b7bbe1c8-b302-45a7-af72-7514b39f5a1c.jpg?v=1748390294","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dogs-of-bedlam-farm-an-adventure-with-sixteen-sheep-three-dogs-two-donkeys-and-me-9780812972504","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}