{"product_id":"merles-door-lessons-from-a-freethinking-dog-9780156034500","title":"Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA moving, insightful love story about the vast possiblities of the relationship between humans and dogs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWhile on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote meets a Labrador mix living on his own in the wild. They become attached to each other, and Kerasote decides to bring the dog, who he names Merle, home. There, after realizing that Merle's native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world, he installs a dog door in his house, allowing Merle to live both outside and in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerle shows Kerasote how dogs might live if they were allowed to make more of their own decisions, and Kerasote suggests how these lessons can be applied universally, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior, as well as insights into the origins and evolution of the human-dog partnership. A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the author, \u003cem\u003eMerle's Door \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKerasote, Ted:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTED KERASOTE is the author of several books, including the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eMerle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOut There\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Outdoor Book Award. His essays and photographs have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAudubon, Geo, Outside, Science, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand more than sixty other periodicals. He lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvest Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629021401362,"sku":"9780156034500","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2d9c5c0-d8a8-43d9-b397-a4e202c157ad.jpg?v=1732716970","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/merles-door-lessons-from-a-freethinking-dog-9780156034500","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}