Who's a good dog? and how to be a better human
"Many pet dogs are experiencing anxiety and frustration as they struggle to adapt to human home environments--despite being pampered, poofed, and petted, or perhaps in part because of this. We can do better for them. Who's a Good Dog challenges us to think more carefully about the limits w...
| Main Author: | Pierce, Jessica, 1965- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : we dog
- The difficulty of being a (pet) dog
- Human-dog relations
- Care and constraint
- Landscapes of fear, landscapes of pleasure
- Technologies of control
- Training dogs to be good
- Bad dog and behavioral "problems"
- Dwelling in possibility.