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The Hidden Life Of Dogs
Author: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780671517007 - ISBN-10: 0671517007
Publication Date: 7/1/1996
Pages: 176


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged)

Book Description:

In this beautiful account, based on thirty years of living with and observing dogs, wolves and dingoes novelist and anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas brings us a completely new understanding of dogs. We meet Misha, a friend's husky, whom Thomas followed on his daily rounds of more than 130 square miles, and who ultimately provided the simple and surprising answer to the question What do dogs want most? Not food, not sex, but other dogs. We also meet Maria, who adored Misha, bore his puppies, and clearly mourned when he moved away; Bingo, a brave asthmatic pug; and many more fascinating individuals in this unforgettable chronicle, which "brims with insight and respect" (Emily Mitchell, Time International).


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fuzzyscribble - IL wrote on 2/3/2009...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

So following the lives of the feral dogs living on your property may be interesting...but on the other hand...it's a story of poorly socialized dogs who do not receive enough companionship or attention from the people that "own" them.

Dogs have been changed from the wolves they once were into human companions. Denying them proper training, companionship and socialization in favor of some sort of "pack mind" that they can't fully attain as dogs...it's just cruel and sad. What dogs want most is not other dogs...but a loving home with responsible owners. This book does a disservice to that ideal.

Nancy L. wrote on 3/4/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.



I love my dog. But in reading this book, I learned more about the author than dogs. It was interesting. I don't think I would give up my bed so the dog could give birth there--so maybe I don't love my dog as much as she does--However????


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