TY  - BOOK
AU  - Katz,Jon
TI  - A good dog: the story of Orson, who changed my life 
SN  - 9780812971491 (pbk.)
AV  - SF426.2 .K3825 2007
PY  - 2007///, c2006
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House Trade Paperbacks
KW  - Katz, Jon.
KW  - Dogs
KW  - New Jersey
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - Behavior
KW  - Human-animal relationships
KW  - Border collie
N1  - Originally published in hardcover: New York : Villard Books, 2006; "Includes a new afterword"--Cover
N2  - "People who love dogs often talk about a 'lifetime' dog. I'd heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways." Author Katz tells the story of his lifetime dog, Orson: a beautiful border collie--intense, smart, crazy, and unforgettable. From the moment Katz and Orson meet, their relationship is deep, stormy, and loving. Two years old, Katz's new companion is a great herder of school buses, a scholar of refrigerators, but a dud at herding sheep. Everything Katz attempts--obedience training, herding instruction, a new name, herb and alternative therapies--helps a little but not enough, and not for long. While Katz is trying to help his dog, Orson is helping him, shepherding him toward a new life on a two-hundred-year-old hillside farm in upstate New York.--From publisher description
ER  -