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Merle's door [electronic resource] : Lessons from a freethinking dog. Ted Kerasote.

Kerasote, Ted. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780547415987 (electronic bk)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource

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While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog—a Labrador mix—who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle's native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in. A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the author, Merle's Door explores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior as well as insights into the origins and evolution of the human-dog partnership. Merle showed Kerasote how dogs might live if they were allowed to make more of their own decisions, and Kerasote suggests how these lessons can be applied universally.
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Text Difficulty 7 - Text Difficulty 9
1120 Lexile.
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Electronic reproduction. New York : Mariner Books, 2024. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subject: Nonfiction.
Biography & Autobiography.
Pets.
Sports & Recreations.
Genre: Electronic books.

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Merle's Door : Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
Merle's Door : Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
by Kerasote, Ted
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Merle's Door : Lessons from a Freethinking Dog

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
prologuep. xiii
chapter 1From the Wildp. 1
chapter 2The First Dogp. 26
chapter 3The Synaptic Kissp. 49
chapter 4In the Genesp. 67
chapter 5Building the Doorp. 97
chapter 6Growing Into Himselfp. 113
chapter 7Top Dogp. 145
chapter 8The Gray Catp. 169
chapter 9Estrogen Cloudsp. 181
chapter 10At Home in the Arms of the Countryp. 194
chapter 11The Problem of Mep. 210
chapter 12The Mayor of Kellyp. 234
chapter 13The Alpha Pairp. 249
chapter 14White Muzzlep. 270
chapter 15What Do Dogs Want?p. 284
chapter 16A Looser Leashp. 304
chapter 17t-family: 'Times New Roman'" The First Passingp. 313
chapter 18Through the Doorp. 327
With many thanksp. 363
Notesp. 365
Indexp. 381

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