Horowitz follows Quid's first weeks with her mother and ten roly-poly littermates, and then each week after the puppy joins her household of three humans, two large dogs, and a wary cat. She documents the social and cognitive milestones that so many of us miss in our puppies' lives, when caught up in the housetraining and behavioral training that easily overwhelms the first months of a dog's life with a new family. In focusing on training a dog to behave, we mostly miss the radical development of a puppy into themselves—through the equivalent of infancy, childhood, young adolescence, and teenager-hood. The Year of the Puppy is indispensable for anyone navigating their way through the frustrating, amusing, and ultimately delightful first year of a puppy’s life.
The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves, by Alexandra Horowitz
Format : Paperback, 320 pages
Language : English
Publisher : Penguin Books (2024)
ISBN-10 : 0593298020
ISBN-13 : 978-0593298022
Dimensions : 5.47 x 0.65 x 8.38 inches