I had a dog once he was a huge Landseer Newfoundland, bred by none other than The Newfoundland lady herself, Marge Wilmot, who had a farm in Saskatchewan province in Canada. Even if you are not a dog owner, I recommend you read his books, they put the perspective, these are not stories about how out of control their dog is and how funny and endearing one might think that is, it's about the animal-human connection, something that's been in humans' history forever. I will always read Katz' books, they really connect to people like me who have herding dogs and love to work with them, and learn all they can about them. As all of his books provide a story of a specific dog, I always think to the stories I would tell of each of my dogs and what they have done for me and my life. But I have many times thought since I got our first Aussie and did a herding instinct test that moving further out to the country and getting some sheep and agility equipment would be a dream come true. Rose is amazing, a once in a lifetime herder, intuitive, hard working, driven, serious, and many things my dogs aren't. As someone who has always had dogs, and has went from not just owning and loving them, but to training and providing a job for them to do, as mine are Aussies and Shelties, this book was close to home for me. I found this book so poignant and compelling, I couldn't put it down.
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