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¿Change loves me, defines and stalks me like a laser-guided smart bomb. It comes at me in all forms, suddenly and with enormous impact, from making shifts in work to having and raising a kid to buying a cabin on a distant mountaintop. Sometimes, change comes on four legs.¿ In his popular and widely praised Running to the Mountain, Jon Katz wrote of the strength and support he found in the massive forms of his two yellow Labrador retrievers, Julius and Stanley. When the Labs were six and seven, a breeder who¿d read his book contacted Katz to say she had a dog that was meant for him¿a two-year-old border collie named Devon, well bred but high-strung and homeless. Katz already had a full canine complement, but instinct overruled reason, and soon thereafter he brought Devon home. A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me is the story of how Devon and Jon¿and Julius and Stanley¿came to terms with each other. It shows how a man discovered a lot about himself through one dog (and then another) whose temperament seemed as different from his own as day is from night. It is a story of trust and understanding, of life and death, of continuity and change. It is by turns insightful, hilarious, and deeply moving.
Customer Review: A great book!
I loved this book. I don't get how people thought that Jon Katz acted like he could throw away a dog and get another dog. I think by his writting he sounds like a big dog lover, and any dog lover knows you can not replace a dog in any way. So, anyway I thought the book was written well and very humerous at times. He writes so well, that I can really picture was is going on in my head when Devon the Border Collie misbehaved. I loved this book and all the books Jon Katz has written about his dogs. I think he is a well respected writer in the dog world, and I think he should keep writting about his dogs. Any Dog person should pick up one of his books, this one especially.
Customer Review: Its A Dog's Life
I love Border Collie's and this is the first Katz book I have read. I had to buy just because of the cover page. Katz does a great job of explaining everything from joy to the trials and tribulations that dog owners and lovers experience every day. It gets a little too cute for me at times, but does a great job sharing with us what life is like with a pet. It is definitely a dog's life.


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