{"product_id":"milk-teeth-a-memoir-of-a-woman-and-her-dog-9780813543710","title":"Milk Teeth A Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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? *\u003cbr\u003e\"An urgent, courageous, and ambitious work.\" -- Sue William Silverman * author of Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You *\u003cbr\u003e\"Focused around Kahn's sometimes challenging, but always loving, relationship with her dog Laska, \u003ci\u003eMilk Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e is a touching and multilayered exploration of the human-animal bond.\" -- Clinton R. Sanders * author of Understanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions *\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Journal of Animal Ethics *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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? *\u003cbr\u003e\"An urgent, courageous, and ambitious work.\" -- Sue William Silverman * author of Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You *\u003cbr\u003e\"Focused around Kahn's sometimes challenging, but always loving, relationship with her dog Laska, \u003ci\u003eMilk Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e is a touching and multilayered exploration of the human-animal bond.\" -- Clinton R. Sanders * author of Understanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions *\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Journal of Animal Ethics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e A Note to the Reader\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: May 1999\u003cbr\u003e Journal: January 1997 --- January 1998\u003cbr\u003e January 1997: Meeting\u003cbr\u003e February 1997: Cutout Paper Dolls\u003cbr\u003e March 1997: Blue Sky\u003cbr\u003e April 1997: ``Puppy Book''\u003cbr\u003e May 1997: Hackles and Strategies\u003cbr\u003e June 1997: Red Heifer\u003cbr\u003e July 1997: Ocean and Pond\u003cbr\u003e August 1997: Hot Sauce and Book Award\u003cbr\u003e September 1997: Regression\u003cbr\u003e October 1997: New Year\u003cbr\u003e November 1997: Reconciliation\u003cbr\u003e December 1997: ``Good Days Coming''\u003cbr\u003e January 1998: Anniversary\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: March 2001\u003cbr\u003e Postscript\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405779116375,"sku":"9780813543710","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/milk-teeth-a-memoir-of-a-woman-and-her-dog-9780813543710","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}