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Musings on the world's oldest friendship in personal essays, memoirs, fiction, classics and, of course, humor.

Drawn to Dogs

by Jeffrey Essman

I’ve always been kind of a cat man. I didn’t have pets as a child because I suffered from Responsibility Deficit Disorder, but I started having cats in college, soigné creatures with names like Odalisque and Mrs. Miniver. I had a long-term cat relationship when I first moved to New York: a brother-and-sister pair of tiger stripes, Queenie and Spike.

How the Dog Became the Dog

by Mark Bekoff, PhD

Mark Derr clearly knows dogs as well as anyone who’s writing about these amazing beings. His two previous books, A Dog’s History of America and Dog’s Best Friend, clearly, concisely and cautiously summarized our various relationships with our “best friends.”

Chloe Chronicles: What's in a Name?

by Lee Harrington

When I adopted my dog Chloe sight unseen from a shelter in Michigan via Petfinder.com, she came with the name of Buffy. And she certainly looked like a Buffy in her profile photos—sweet and soft and eager to play. A dog who would buffer your emotions, and remind you to stay soft and gentle and happy yourself.

Kindred Spirits

by Emily Rapp

My son Ronan is attached to me, riding in his front carrier pack as I approach the white ranch gate. A gang of dogs gathers to greet us, and I crouch down to let them lick Ronan’s little hands and his bare baby feet. Some of the dogs are cloudy-eyed or blind; some are limping or even (like me) missing a leg; all have gray-touched fur.

Dognapper in the Desert

by Jayme Moye

I didn’t go on a pilgrimage through the holy lands of Israel and Palestine expecting to return as an international dognapper. Yet in the desert east of Bethlehem, just outside of a fourth-century monastery, that’s exactly what I was about to become.

Duke of Smith's Pond

by Bill Henderson

Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother willing to let him have one.—Anonymous

Musings on the world's oldest friendship in personal essays, memoirs, fiction, classics and, of course, humor.

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