OUR DOGS, OURSELVES: THE STORY OF A SINGULAR BOND by Alexandra Horowitz, a #GreatGoodBook from GGP

From Alexandra Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of INSIDE OF A DOG, an eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike. We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love dogs and (we assume) we are loved by them. We buy them sweaters, toys, shoes; we are concerned with their social lives, their food, and their health. The story of humans and dogs is thousands of years old but is far from understood. In OUR DOGS, OURSELVES, Alexandra Horowitz explores all aspects of this unique and complex interspecies pairing. As Horowitz considers the current culture of dogdom, she reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs. We celebrate their individuality but breed them for sameness. Despite our deep emotional relationships with dogs, legally they are property to be bought, sold, abandoned, or euthanized as we wish. Even the way we speak to our dogs is at once perplexing and delightful. In thirteen thoughtful and charming chapters, OUR DOGS, OURSELVES affirms our profound affection for this most charismatic of animals—and opens our eyes to the companions at our sides as never before.

About the Author 

Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller INSIDE OF A DOG: WHAT DOGS SEE, SMELL, AND KNOW and ON LOOKING: A WALKER’S GUIDE TO THE ART OF OBSERVATION. She teaches at Barnard College, where she runs the Dog Cognition Lab. She lives with her family and two large, highly sniffy dogs in New York City.

Praise For… 

“Alexandra Horowitz’s masterful and witty biography of two intertwined species fully captures the profundity, joy, and absurdity of our bonds with our closest animal companions. OUR DOGS, OURSELVES is a treat for dog lovers, but also essential reading for anyone interested in our relationship with nature, and what that says about us.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes

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