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A review by stormslegacy
Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz
1.0
This book is written by an ignorant man. He buys MULTIPLE border collies, without any experience and ends up having his "heart dog" killed because he couldn't be arsed to take the time to properly train and manage him. If he worked with a behaviorist, I could respect his decision, but he didn't. He was treating a working animal like a pet, when the temperaments are completely different. He also throws one of the dogs with the sheep to teach itself--a recipe for disaster.
If this were about plants or equipment, then I would rate this much higher, but as a guardian to living creatures this man failed in his duty to educate himself or find a good support base to work from.
The reason i didn't give this two starts is that in addition to the above, his writing style is very self-involved and tends to wander around without ever touching on anythign resembling a point or purpose. If you like that kind of writing you may enjoy this. I did not.
If this were about plants or equipment, then I would rate this much higher, but as a guardian to living creatures this man failed in his duty to educate himself or find a good support base to work from.
The reason i didn't give this two starts is that in addition to the above, his writing style is very self-involved and tends to wander around without ever touching on anythign resembling a point or purpose. If you like that kind of writing you may enjoy this. I did not.