#dog books

[blueboyluca]

Among the tens of thousands of people who risked their lives to stay home, fear of abandoning their animals was a primary reason for that decision. But even after the levees broke and thousands of men, women, and children were stranded on their rooftops, sometimes for days, rescuers did not allow the displaced to bring their pets into emergency facilities. Some residents had to be forced at gunpoint to leave their companions behind.

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"There is a class issue involved here," Karen Dawn, an animal advocate, wrote in The Washington Post. "While Marriott hotels welcomed the pets of Katrina evacuees as ‘part of the family,’ people who had to rely on the Red Cross for shelter were forced to abandon that part of the family or attempt to ride out the storm. It cannot be denied that many poor people are dead as a result of 'no pets' policies."

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"There’s no question that the pit bulls were separated out and treated differently [during the rescue effort]," a woman named Molly Gibb, who traveled to the Gulf to help lost pets after the hurricane, told me. "The media has done a very good job of 'de-dogging' the pit bull." Gibb would later foster a shy red-and-white pit bull that had been found tied to her dead owner, who had drowned. When the dog was picked up, she was wearing a fancy leather dress collar with metal studs on it, something Gibb recognized must have cost a good amount of money. "That man gave his life to save his dog," Gibb said, her voice trembling, "and other rescuers were complaining about what kind of collar she had on." (Later, the dog would be adopted by a pastor who took her to church with him on Sundays. He named her Faith.)

— Bronwen Dickey, Pit Bull (2016)

[godzilla-reads]

I found all these books by Jim Kjelgaard yesterday and figured I’d take them home. The seven that I found were:

Snow Dog

Big Red

Wild Trek

Haunt Fox

Irish Red

A Nose for Trouble

Stormy

[a-rayneart]

ART FOR EVERY BOOK I READ THIS SUMMER PART 7: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis

Bella and Athena from 15 dogs ❤️

[raivos-world]

Dog obsession? What dog obsession?

This isn't even all my dog books

[the-thistle-missile]

Reading Plenty in Life is Free at a park while we were on a trip. She was a nightmare for the whole trip but an absolute angel during this for some reason.

[cassettoicecream]

La coda/correct tail

dal 'Il Siberian Husky' di Jessica Vallerino

1997

De Vecchi Editore

[eeveeas123]

Eevee’s Baby Book Highlights:

(Given to us by her foster family)

(Her siblings were all E names)

(Future Dog Guide!)

(She was a bridesmaid)

(Playing with a friend)

[southerntchiorny]

My friend gifted me this book for my birthday a while back. It belonged to her late dad and I may have cried just a little bit about it.

[bambambambino]

Last book is in! It's the last for now of course. I ordered this over a month ago and it just arrived safe and sound. Its in excellent condition compared to others that I'd seen for much more.

[blueboyluca]

“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”

— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)

[johnrichard761]

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[godzilla-reads]

My mother has quite the Albert Payson Terhune collection of collie books. These are fun to find, plus they’re great books for getting you out of a reading slump since Terhune’s writing is very anecdotal. When I’m in a reading block, my mom will often hand me one of these books to read.

[a-rayneart]

ART FOR EVERY BOOK I READ THIS SUMMER PART 5: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Just a quick little sketch for a book that makes me cry. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.

[sceneshepherd]

i got this book quite a while ago but i finally got around to reading it and so far its really good <3 i got it from target & i recommend you guys to read it if you are feeling especially wolfy :)

[nabsthevulture]

I got this book in today on accident, it was the wrong book. The seller let me keep it and refunded me, so hey, not bad at all. I still had to buy the actual book I wanted but at least it was half paid for.

[rachel-sylvan-author]

"The Eyes and the Impossible" by Dave Eggers

Thank you @sharon_the_librarian for the rec! ❤️