For the Love of a Dog (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• “Last night Lassie and I played her favorite game together. Again and again, I tossed her favorite toy across the rug. Each time she leaped after it, then came back to me with her face glowing, her eyes soft and luminous. Her neat little body seemed unable to contain her joy and love of play. At some point in the middle of our game, I realized I was beaming, a huge smile plastered across my face. For that moment, I was truly and completely happy. In some ways, it's really that simple, isn't it? At their best, that is what dogs do: they make us happy. At our best, we make them happy, too. That can only be true because we share so very much with them, and the foundation of what we share is our emotions.”

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• How Dogs Think, by Stanley Coren; If Dogs Could Talk, by Vilmos Csányi; and The Truth About Dogs, by Stephen Budiansky,

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1. Patricia B. McConnell (Author)

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• Library of Congress: SF433 .M34 2006
• Dewey: 636.7

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• Books › Home & Garden › Animal Care & Pets › Dogs

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• Patricia McConnell