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Jessica Pierce

Who's a Good Dog?: And How to Be a Better Human

Who's a Good Dog?: And How to Be a Better Human

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Whos a Good Dog? is a guide to cultivating a shared life of joy and respect with our dogs, by deepening our curiosity about what they are experiencing and working together in a spirit of collaboration. It encourages us to identify potential sources of fear and anxiety and to expand practices that provide physical and emotional nourishment. It also encourages us to think more critically about what we expect of our dogs and how these expectations can set everyone up for success or failure.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 06 September 2023
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press


A New Scientist Best Book of 2023!

Whos a Good Dog? is an invitation to nurture more thoughtful and balanced relationships with our canine companions. By deepening our curiosity about what our dogs are experiencing, and by working together with them in a spirit of collaboration, we can become more effective and compassionate caregivers.

With sympathy for the challenges met by both dogs and their humans, bioethicist Jessica Pierce explores common practices of caring for dogs, including how we provide exercise, what we feed, how and why we socialize and train, and how we employ tools such as collars and leashes. She helps us both to identify potential sources of fear and anxiety in our dogs' lives and to expand practices that provide physical and emotional nourishment.

Whos a Good Dog? also encourages us to think more critically about what we expect of our dogs and how these expectations can set everyone up for success or failure. Pierce offers resources to help us cultivate attentiveness and kindness, inspiring us to practice the art of noticing, of astonishment, of looking with fresh eyes at these beings we think we know so well.

And more than this, she makes her findings relatable by examining facets of her relationship with Bella, the dog in her life. As Bella shows throughout, all dogs are good dogs, and we, as humans and dog guardians, could be doing a little bit better to get along with them and give them what they need.

Weight: 548g
Dimension: 148 x 226 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780226721712

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