{"product_id":"born-to-bark-my-adventures-with-an-irrepressible-and-unforgettable-dog-9781439189214","title":"Born to Bark: My Adventures with an Irrepressible and Unforgettable Dog","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"For Christmas the woman who would become my wife bought me a dog--a little terrier. The next year her Christmas gift to me was a shotgun. Most of the people in my family believe that those two gifts were not unrelated.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eBorn to Bark\u003c\/i\u003e, the charming new memoir by psychologist and beloved dog expert Stan Coren of his relationship with an irrepressible gray Cairn terrier named Flint. Stan immediately loved the pup for his friendly nature and indefatigable spirit, though his wife soon found the dog's unpredictable exuberance difficult to deal with, to say the least. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven though Flint drove Stan's wife up the wall, he became the joy of Stan's life. The key to unlocking this psychologist-author's way of looking at dog behavior, Flint also became the inspiration behind Coren's classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Intelligence of Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e. Undeterred by Flint's irrepressible behavior (and by the breeder's warning that he might be untrainable), Coren set out to prove that his furry companion could pass muster with the best of them. He persevered in training the unruly dog and even ventured into the competitive circles of obedience trials in dog shows, where Flint eventually made canine history as the highest-scoring Cairn terrier in obedience competition up to that time. (Stan chose not to tell his wife that the highest-ranking obedience dog of that year, a border collie, earned a total score that was fifty times higher.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe longest-running popular expert on human-dog bonding, Coren has enlivened his respected books and theories about dogs with accounts of his own experiences in training, living with, loving, and trying to understand them. A consummate storyteller, Coren now tells the wry, poignant, goofy, and good-hearted tale of his life with the dog who (in the words of his own book titles) taught him \u003ci\u003eHow to Speak Dog \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Dogs Think \u003c\/i\u003eand whose antics made him ask \u003ci\u003eWhy Does My Dog Act That Way? \u003c\/i\u003eIllustrated with Coren's own delightful line drawings and photos, and interwoven with his heartfelt anecdotes of other beloved dogs from his earlier life, \u003ci\u003eBorn to Bark \u003c\/i\u003eis an irresistible good dog\/bad dog tale of this extraordinary, willful pooch and his profound impact on his master's insights into canine behavior as a research psychologist and on his outlook on life as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoren, Stanley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eStanley Coren\u003c\/b\u003e an international authority on sidedness, is professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBorn to Bark: My Adventures with an Irrepressible and Unforgettable Dog\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), among other books.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337116553490,"sku":"9781439189214","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dcd0d46c-97a2-4110-a03e-743cad64bc06.jpg?v=1727954186","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/born-to-bark-my-adventures-with-an-irrepressible-and-unforgettable-dog-9781439189214","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}