A Life with Dogs

Author:   Roger Welsch
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:  

9781496226693


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 March 2021
Recommended Age:   From 0 to 99 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Roger Welsch
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9781496226693


ISBN 10:   1496226690
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 March 2021
Recommended Age:   From 0 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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"Acknowledgments Introduction 1. What's in a Name 2. The Way They Are 3. Inner Callings 4. The Devious Courses of Doggie Thought 5. What They See, What They Hear, What They Know 6. To Sleep, Perhaps to Dream 7. The Other Dog's Whatever 8. Passing On 9. Canine Existentialism 10. A Dog Diet 11. Laughing with Them, Not at Them 12. Who Exactly Is the Stable One in This Relationship? 13. Togetherness 14. Whence They Come 15. Being Known by the Company You Keep 16. School Time, School Time 17. On the Road Again 18. You Gotta Ee-lim-i-nate the Negative 19. Disgusting Is as Disgusting Does 20. In the Case of Dogs, They Are What the Other Dog Eats 21. A Bark Is Worse than a Bite Only if You're Not Being Bit 22. ""I Yam What I Yam"" 23. Born Free, Sort Of 24. Cleanliness Is Next to Dogginess 25. Of House and Home 26. All Work and No Play 27. Permission Granted . . . Enter! 28. In Sickness and in Health 29. God Bless the Caregivers Afterword Afterword to the Paperback Edition Index  "

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My buddy Rog is so in tune with dogs that I've actually watched him scratch behind his ear with his back foot. -Mick Maun, dog guy Arf arf grrrr WOOF! [ Forget the damn book! Throw the STICK! ]-Roscoe Dawg Waouh vaf wouf jappe jappe. -Pucci le Beau, Roger Welsch's Parisian granddog Roger is a brilliant thinker and gifted writer who whips out a mighty tasty yummy pretty much on demand. -Triumph, the Compliment Dog


“My buddy Rog is so in tune with dogs that I’ve actually watched him scratch behind his ear with his back foot.”—Mick Maun, dog guy   Arf arf grrrr WOOF!” [“Forget the damn book! Throw the STICK!”]—Roscoe Dawg   “Waouh vaf wouf jappe jappe.”—Pucci le Beau, Roger Welsch’s Parisian granddog   “Roger is a brilliant thinker and gifted writer who whips out a mighty tasty yummy pretty much on demand.”—Triumph, the Compliment Dog


Roger is a brilliant thinker and gifted writer who whips out a mighty tasty yummy pretty much on demand. --Triumph, the Compliment Dog--Triumph, the Compliment Dog Arf arf grrrr WOOF! [ Forget the damn book! Throw the STICK! ]--Roscoe Dawg --Roscoe Dawg Waouh vaf wouf jappe jappe. --Pucci le Beau, Roger Welsch's Parisian granddog --Pucci le Beau My buddy Rog is so in tune with dogs that I've actually watched him scratch behind his ear with his back foot. --Mick Maun, dog guy --Mick Maun, dog guy


Roger is a brilliant thinker and gifted writer who whips out a mighty tasty yummy pretty much on demand. -Triumph, the Compliment Dog -- Triumph, the Compliment Dog Waouh vaf wouf jappe jappe. -Pucci le Beau, Roger Welsch's Parisian granddog -- Pucci le Beau Arf arf grrrr WOOF! [ Forget the damn book! Throw the STICK! ]-Roscoe Dawg -- Roscoe Dawg My buddy Rog is so in tune with dogs that I've actually watched him scratch behind his ear with his back foot. -Mick Maun, dog guy -- Mick Maun, dog guy


Author Information

​Roger L. Welsch is a retired professor of English and anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a former essayist for CBS News Sunday Morning. He is the author of forty-four books, including Why I’m an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales (Bison Books, 2016), The Reluctant Pilgrim: A Skeptic’s Journey into Native Mysteries (Bison Books, 2015), and Embracing Fry Bread: Confessions of a Wannabe (Bison Books, 2012). He lives on the Middle Loup River in Nebraska.  

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