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Book SynopsisWritten as a year-long journal, Milk Teeth chronicles sociologist Robbie Pfeufer Kahn's struggle to achieve a loving relationship with her black Labrador puppy, Laska. Mirthful, mischievous, intelligent, and strong-willed, Laska challenges her owner's attempts at leadership and affection.
Trade Review"This book is moving, haunting, revealing, and at times, gently humorous. It examines, in very personal, honest terms, how relationships with dogs can teach us about ourselves, especially those lessons we have been avoiding." -- Leslie Irvine * author of If You Tame Me: Understanding Our Connection with Animals *
"If one were interested in finding a gold mine of information about the psychological aspects of the human-dog bond, this would be the place to turn. However, it is much more. It is a treasury of fascinating anecdotes, observations and some amusing and moving insights." -- Stanley Coren * author of Why Does My Dog Act That Way? *
"An urgent, courageous, and ambitious work." -- Sue William Silverman * author of Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You *
"Focused around Kahn's sometimes challenging, but always loving, relationship with her dog Laska,
Milk Teeth is a touching and multilayered exploration of the human-animal bond." -- Clinton R. Sanders * author of Understanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions *
"This is a book that should be read by anyone interested in the complicated relationships between people and dogs, the psychological aspects of those relationships, and the way that unconscious cruelty, even among the best of us, can play out."
* Journal of Animal Ethics *
"This book is moving, haunting, revealing, and at times, gently humorous. It examines, in very personal, honest terms, how relationships with dogs can teach us about ourselves, especially those lessons we have been avoiding." -- Leslie Irvine * author of If You Tame Me: Understanding Our Connection with Animals *
"If one were interested in finding a gold mine of information about the psychological aspects of the human-dog bond, this would be the place to turn. However, it is much more. It is a treasury of fascinating anecdotes, observations and some amusing and moving insights." -- Stanley Coren * author of Why Does My Dog Act That Way? *
"An urgent, courageous, and ambitious work." -- Sue William Silverman * author of Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You *
"Focused around Kahn's sometimes challenging, but always loving, relationship with her dog Laska,
Milk Teeth is a touching and multilayered exploration of the human-animal bond." -- Clinton R. Sanders * author of Understanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions *
"This is a book that should be read by anyone interested in the complicated relationships between people and dogs, the psychological aspects of those relationships, and the way that unconscious cruelty, even among the best of us, can play out."
* Journal of Animal Ethics *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
A Note to the Reader
Prologue: May 1999
Journal: January 1997 --- January 1998
January 1997: Meeting
February 1997: Cutout Paper Dolls
March 1997: Blue Sky
April 1997: ``Puppy Book''
May 1997: Hackles and Strategies
June 1997: Red Heifer
July 1997: Ocean and Pond
August 1997: Hot Sauce and Book Award
September 1997: Regression
October 1997: New Year
November 1997: Reconciliation
December 1997: ``Good Days Coming''
January 1998: Anniversary
Epilogue: March 2001
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index
