{"product_id":"dogs-of-bedlam-farm-an-adventure-with-sixteen-sheep-three-dogs-two-donkeys-and-me-1","title":"Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJon Katz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780812972504\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can't really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.\"\u003cbr\u003e-from \u003ci\u003eThe Dogs of Bedlam Farm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote about in \u003ci\u003eA Dog Year, \u003c\/i\u003e as was the mountaintop cabin they loved. Katz moved into an old farmhouse on forty-two acres of pasture and woods with a menagerie: a ram named Nesbitt, fifteen ewes, a lonely donkey named Carol, a baby donkey named Fanny, and three border collies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraining Orson was a demanding project. But a perceptive dog trainer and friend told Katz: \"If you want to have a better dog, you will just have to be a better goddamned human.\" It was a lesson Katz took to heart. He now sees his dogs as a reflection of his willingness to improve, as well as a critical reminder of his shortcomings. Katz shows us that dogs are often what we make them: They may have their own traits and personalities, but in the end, they are mirrors of our own lives-living, breathing testaments to our strengths and frustrations, our families and our pasts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Dogs of Bedlam Farm\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a harrowing winter Katz spent on a remote, windswept hillside in upstate New York with a few life-saving friends, ugly ghosts from the past, and more livestock than any novice should attempt to manage. Heartwarming, and full of drama, insight, and hard-won wisdom, it is the story of his several dogs forced Katz to confront his sense of humanity, and how he learned the places a dog could lead him and the ways a doge could change him.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me | Jon Katz | Paperback | 9780812972504 | Used: Like New | Pets \u0026 Animals 1662033","offer_id":50784641908994,"sku":"1662033","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71R_NDkmCqL.jpg?v=1792239380","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/dogs-of-bedlam-farm-an-adventure-with-sixteen-sheep-three-dogs-two-donkeys-and-me-1","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}