customer skepticism and, 220
animal cruelty and abuse, 80, 88, 180, 200–201, 219, 275–77
in East St. Louis, 284, 287
in North St. Louis, 289–90
Animal Law Center, 27
Animal Rescue New Orleans, 168
animal rights, 68, 88–94
animal shelters, see shelters, animal
Animal Talk (Smith), 218
anthropomorphic selection, 78–79
anthropomorphism, 23, 24, 44, 151, 244
Bulldogs and, 44, 78–79
dog photography and, 36, 39
personality and, 43
pet industry and, 138–39, 141
by Steinbeck, 34
working dogs and, 194–95
antianxiety compression wrap (ThunderShirt), 117–19, 126, 156–57, 208
anxiety, 156–57, 190
of Casey, 101–2, 117–18, 126–27, 156
of Cassie, 217
Appalachia, 119–25
Appalachian Trail, 111–12
Arapaho, 201
Arizona, 199–200, 202–8, 212–25, 250
Arkow, Phil, 275
art, artists, 167–68, 179, 181, 260
Art (Belgian Malinois police dog), 280–83
Ascione, Frank, 275
Ashville, N.C., 17, 126
ASPCA, 49, 121, 207
atavism, 138–39
@dogsdoingthings, 131–32
Athens, Ga., 76–79
Atkinson, Rachel, 23
Ausland, Kelly, 247
Austin, Tex., 18, 174, 177, 183, 186
Austin Pets Alive, 175
Avon, Conn., 69
Aztecs, 72
babies, 54–55, 142
“Back to the Lab” (song), 126
Bambi (character), 79
Barich, Bill, 34, 100
Barinaga, Marcia, 194–95
Bark, 38, 197
barking, 100, 142, 147
of Casey, 11, 16, 22, 56, 59, 83, 92, 110, 112, 145, 147, 236, 238
PETA’s view of, 91–92
of police dogs, 281, 282
Barrel Oak, 101, 107–9
Basset Hounds, 23, 98
Battiata, Mary, 29
Baudelaire, Charles, 294
Baxter (Westie/Bichon Frise), 104, 105
beaches, 3, 144–46, 214–15
Beagles, 74, 260–61
Bean, the, 56–57
Bean (Golden Retriever), 62–63
Bear (Messer’s outdoor dog), 129–30
Bear Mountain RV Park, 246
bears, 267–69
Beck, Alan, 287
bed bugs, 184–87
Bedlam Farm, 197
beds, 90, 110
demographics on sharing of, 33
in RV, 19, 24, 25, 26, 32, 185, 244, 305
Begaye, Kelsey, 200, 201
Belgian Malinois, 147, 279, 280–83
Belgium, 279
Bella (rescue mutt), 298–99
Bella Starlet (Knutsen’s mutt), 249
Belleville, Ill., 278, 280–83
Bend, Ore., 247–48, 250–52
Berendt, John, 77, 133–34
Berman, Michelle, 105
Berns, Gregory, 149
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, 18, 106, 204–5, 208–13, 215–16
bestiality, 277
Best in Show (film), 73
betrayal, 3, 219
Big Bad Wolf fallacy, 123
Big Bad Woof, 101
bin Laden, Osama, 279
BioPet Vet Lab, 106
Birch (Karen Shepard’s dog), 24
Birch (Roeders’ Hungarian Vizsla), 107, 108
Birchwood RV Park, 113–17, 120
biting, 56, 122, 142, 158, 188, 210, 217, 235, 281
Black Dog (ghost dog), 41–42, 100
Black Dog Syndrome, 99–100
Blackhat Humane Society, 200
Blauvelt, Steven, 251–52
Blizzard, Phil, 117–19
Bloodhounds, 226–27, 229
Blueberry (homeless teen), 253–58
Blue Paul Terriers, 210
body language, 23, 39–40, 59
Boese, Alex, 153
Bo (First Dog), 17, 86, 87–88
bonding, 80
of dog people, 29, 32
human-dog, 10, 26, 27, 94, 146, 158, 160, 201, 206–7, 228, 271, 299–302
Boo (Pomeranian), 36
bookstore, in Waynesville, 127–30
Border Collies, 147, 160, 203, 304
as farm dogs, 192, 194–97
Border Control, 170–71
Bosco (police dog), 159
Boston, Mass., 3, 24, 28–30, 47–48, 82, 83, 238
Boston Herald, 207
Bouhan, Mr., 133
Bouvier des Flandres herding dog, 2, 5, 11
Brady (police dog), 279
brain, 152, 176, 238
Brandow, Michael, 57, 58
Brant (author’s friend), 155–57, 205
breeders, breeding, 75–80, 87–88, 90, 91, 181, 198
breed-specific legislation (BSL), 210–11
“Brian Griffin” (animated talking dog), 110–11
Brooks, David, 86
Brownie (Messer’s mutt), 128–29
Bruce, Dereke, 84
Bruce (Gunnison cattle farmer), 192–97, 304
Brucella canis, 212–16
bull baiting, 79
Bulldog Club of America, 76
Bulldogs, 43–45, 75–80, 147, 230
Burkert, Amy, 171
Burkert, Rod, 171
Bybee, Vance, 248
California, 226–46
California, University of:
at Berkeley, 99
at Santa Barbara, 63
calm-submissive state, 238
Calypso (homeless dog), 253–58
Cambridge, Mass., 24, 30–32
Campion, Caroline, 68–69
canine cognition, canine cognition experts, 9, 23–24, 148–54
Capitán (German Shepherd), 163
Caras, Roger, 96
Carol (Kim’s mother), 161–62
Carr, Patrick, 131–32
cars, 244, 254, 269, 282–83
dogs run over by, 200–201, 206, 284
Cary (Sarasota woman), 157–61
Casey (author’s Lab/Golden Retriever), 8–11, 51–57, 81–86, 101–4, 106–12, 114–20, 137–41, 144–49, 156, 157, 161, 167, 168–72, 236–42, 244–48, 273, 295–98, 303–5
accident and panic of, 120
aging of, 11, 22
alternative treatment for, 250
animal communication and, 219, 221, 224–25
anxiety of, 101–2, 117–18, 126–27, 156
armadillo chased by, 162
author’s forgetting of, 195
author’s insecurities about, 1–4, 94, 228–29, 231–32, 271–72
barking of, 11, 16, 22, 56, 59, 83, 92, 110, 112, 145, 147, 236, 238
on beaches, 3, 144–46, 215, 226
changes in author’s relationship with, 10, 102–3, 110, 228–29, 245–46, 272, 303–4
commands and, 25–26, 57
daring of, 120, 148
death and, 162–63
description of, 21–22, 60, 132
dock jumping of, 18, 147–48
doga of, 145–46
in dog runs and parks, 17, 24, 28–30, 59–60, 64, 66, 69–71, 83, 94, 238
eagerness to please of, 39, 295
food preferences and eating habits of, 2, 3, 23, 24, 29, 38, 70, 101, 103, 110, 111, 137–40, 260–61
happiness of, 3, 110, 112, 229
at Hempel’s house, 31, 32
in Marfa, 171–72, 179, 181
needs of, 84, 103
as not dream dog, 4–5, 103
photographing of, 35, 38–40, 53, 55, 199, 244
playfulness of, 22, 30, 39, 86, 145, 236–37
predictability of, 297
problem behaviors of, 22, 232, 236–39, 295
as pup
py, 24, 29, 96
purchase of, 207
purpose of author’s travels and, 9, 10, 26, 206–7
rez dogs and, 203
Rezzy compared with, 228–29, 245–46
RV disliked by, 22–26, 32, 35, 40, 81, 101, 103, 118
at RV parks, 51–52, 81–82, 85, 101, 114–15, 120, 131, 132, 187–88, 245–46, 303
sadness of, 2, 35, 39, 71, 81, 232
Sam’s departure from, 144
sighing of, 2, 26, 127, 144, 240
smiling of, 38
stomach problem of, 260–61
suspected loss of, 47–48
tail wagging of, 56, 104
thinking of, 4, 224
ThunderShirt used by, 119, 126, 156
valuable life lessons taught by, 224–25
Casey (Margo’s puppy), 189
Cassie (author’s father’s Golden Retriever), 217–25
Cataloochee Ranch, 120
Cather, Willa, 186
cats, 27, 30, 36, 82, 90–91, 94, 96, 129, 172, 261
animal communicators and, 218, 219
black, 100
dogs compared with, 2, 9, 63, 82–86
feral, 174, 182
neuroses of, 84
spending on, 141
talking of, 108, 219
cattle dogs, 18, 192, 194–97
celebrities, 45, 61–62, 140
celebrity dogs, 9, 36, 52, 78, 217, 249
Celtic farmers, 196
CesarsWay.com, 233
chained dogs, 130
Chandoha, Walter, 96
Chao, Manu, 126
Chapman, Kevin, 190–91
Charley (Steinbeck’s Poodle), 8–9, 34, 267
Charlie (Robyn’s Siberian Husky), 60
Cherry Hill Road Recreation Center, 94–95, 101
Cherry Hill RV Park, 85–86
Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, 147
Chicago, Ill., 20, 244, 295–98
Chicago, University of, 141
chickens, 246–47
Chihuahuas, 36, 129, 147, 210, 231, 261
children, 263
abused, 7, 275
adoption of, 155
animal abuse by, 276
death of, 162
dog facial expressions misjudged by, 39
dog names and, 98
dogs compared with, 27, 45, 49, 54–55, 78, 91, 139, 142, 152–53, 159–63, 219
dogs’ relationships with, 66–67, 90
missing, 45, 49
therapy dogs and, 250
chimpanzees, 152, 154
Chinati Foundation, 179, 180
Choctaw nation, 201
Chodron, Pema, 169–70
Chow-Chows, 7, 96, 203, 277
Chris (Armistead’s husband), 242
Chuckit!, 139
Churchill, Winston, 100
Churchill (therapy dog), 230
Ciccio (German Shepherd), 163
Cimon, 100
Clark, William, 260, 262
class issues, 68–69
Clooney, George, 299
Coali (Teitelman’s American Cocker Spaniel), 145–46
cognition, animal, 18
canine, see canine cognition, canine cognition experts
Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, The, 30
College Park, Md., 82, 85–86, 101
collies:
early, 196
see also Border Collies
Colorado, 192–98
Comfortable with Uncertainty (Chodron), 169–70
commands, 25–26, 57, 90, 92, 96, 158, 197, 243–44, 264, 281
commitment, 85, 243
Communication with All Life University, 219
community, 181
of dog people, 29, 60–62, 70
homeless, 254–56
Company of Animals, 128
Complete Book of Pet Names, The (Caras), 96
conditioning, fear of dogs and, 190–91
conflict:
in dog runs and parks, 67–71
human-dog, 5–6, 219
Conklin, Frances, 259–61
Connecticut, 41–50
connection, 10–11, 21, 99, 103, 145, 158, 161, 162, 200, 260, 296
animal communicators and, 218, 221
farm dogs and, 197
Conrad, Marie, 250
Cool Hand Luke (McConnell’s Border Collie), 160
Cooper (Sparanos’ Lab), 148
cooperation, 66, 67
coping mechanisms, 7–8
Coppinger, Lorna, 75
Coppinger, Raymond, 75
Coren, Stanley, 27, 44, 149, 196
Cornell, Christine, 104–6
Cornell, Virginia, 104–6
Corps of Discovery expedition, 260, 262
Cottonwood Dog Bark Park Inn (Sweet Willy), 259–61
cows, 109–10, 192
see also cattle dogs
crate-training, 223, 244
Cropper (Riggs’s Lab), 265
cross-country road trip:
author’s doubts about, 26
author’s idea for, 8–10
challenges of, 155
envy of, 8, 11
Facebook fans’ contribution to, 52–53
planning of, 17–18, 35
of Steinbeck, 8–9, 33–35, 136
transition to, 16
unarmed, 207
see also specific places
cuddling, 5, 33, 83, 110
custody disputes, 27–28
cynophobia (fear of dogs), 8, 188–91
Dachshunds, 95, 277
Dakota (homeless teen), 253–58
Darwin, Charles, 276
dating, 62, 63, 169
Dave (truck driver), 298–99
dead dogs, 268, 287
euthanasia and, 46, 92–94, 174–77, 209
mourning of, 48, 69, 90, 159, 161–62, 265
Dean, Josh, 74, 75, 76, 79
death, 161–63, 221
of family members, 161–62
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Cather), 186
defecation, see poop
Degeneres, Ellen, 140
Deja Foundation, 31
Delaplane, Va., 107–9
Democrats, 88, 234
Denizet-Lewis, Benoit (author):
addictive behavior of, 227, 231–32
as cat owner, 82–85
childhood memories of, 21, 103, 109, 272
confidence of, 25
as crazy person, 4, 20, 47
driving skills of, 18–19, 21, 25, 108, 240, 278
envy of, 147
failure of, 10, 16
father of, 18, 103, 145, 169, 212–13, 216–17, 221–23, 227
French spoken by, 54, 109, 271
as gay, 65, 84, 114, 157, 168–70, 227, 242–44
in high school, 40
as late riser, 21
loneliness of, 21, 103, 155, 169–70
as loner, 224–25
luck of, 11, 17
messiness of, 81–82
mother of, 5–6, 8, 17, 21, 55, 103, 107, 145, 271–72
neediness of, 5
obstinance of, 22
as phony, 116
quiet time of, 55–56
red bumps of, 184–87
relationship problems of, 15, 296–99, 302
sadness of, 157
shame of, 8, 10, 96, 103, 162, 231, 232
sighing of, 10–11
skepticism of, 219, 220, 221
stepmother of, 212–13, 216–17, 221–23
therapy of, 6, 103, 116, 271–72, 303
workouts of, 102
depression, 100, 231–32, 257
DePrisco, Andrew, 243
Derr, Mark, 233
Dersu (Malamute/Husky), 179–81
Dersu Collective, 181
destructiveness, 156
Difficulty of Being a Dog, The (Grenier), 20
Dillon, Matt, 62
disappointment, 4–5, 85
Disney, Walt, 79
disobedience, 23�
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displacement, 7–8
divorce, 26–27, 227, 230
Dobermans, 210
dock jumping, 18, 147–48
“Do Dogs (Canis familiaris) Seek Help in an Emergency?” (Roberts and Macpherson), 153
Doescher, Sue, 66
Dog, The (1845 book), 79
doga, 18, 145–46
dog catchers, 182–83
Dog Fancy, 15
dog food, 29, 260–61, 286
at pet expo, 137–40
treats, 38, 45, 56, 81, 138, 149, 150
doggie bags, 104, 105
doggie beds, 24, 26, 86
DogGoes, 295
dog haters, 9, 57–58
dog houses, 130, 198, 259–61
dog-mother-confusion hypothesis, 5–6, 8, 271–72
dognapping, 47
Dog of the Marriage, The (Hempel), 30
Dog Owner’s Guild, 57
Dog Psychology Center, 232, 234–39
dog runs and parks, 3, 17, 58–71, 295–97
Franklin Park, 28–30, 82, 83, 238
Tompkins Square (First Run), 59–71, 96
Dogs (Coppinger and Coppinger), 75
Dog Show (Erwitt), 36
dog shows, 36
Westminster, 17, 41, 52, 71–76
Dog Twister, 138
dog walkers, 9, 16–17, 104
in New York, 61–68, 71
Dog Walks Man (Zeaman), 16, 106–7
Dog Years (Doty), 242
dolphins, 152
Domestic Dog, The (Serpell), 142
domestic violence shelters, 274–75
dominance, 234, 236, 238–39, 280–81, 300
Donaldson, Jean, 234
Donna (Grim’s rescuing partner), 287
Don’t Dump the Dog (Grim), 284
Dosi (Blizzard’s Golden/Poodle mix), 117–18
Doty, Mark, 242
Dova (Gold’s Bouvier des Flandres herding dog), 2, 5, 11
Dowdy, Brian, 280–83
Downward Dog pose, 145, 146
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 100
drugs, 53, 150, 226, 231, 254
Duke Canine Cognition Center, 151, 152
Dunbar, Ian, 234
Dunbar, John, 37
Dunbar, Kathy, 37
Durham, N.C., 113–19
Dylan (author’s friend), 18–20, 272, 298
East St. Louis, Mo., 283–89, 291–94
Ecology of Stray Dogs, The (Beck), 287
Edinburgh, dog attack in, 210
Education Department, U.S., 276
Edwards, Jennifer, 27
Eighner, Lars, 91, 256
Elephants on Acid (Boese), 153
Eli (cat), 83–85
emergencies, dogs in, 153–54
emotions, 99, 102, 151, 159, 160, 169–70, 222, 233, 272
revenge and, 30
in therapy, 7
empathy, 40, 66–67, 111
Erwitt, Elliott, 35–36
Esoteric, 126
Eureka, Calif., 245–46
euthanasia, 45, 92–94, 99, 174–77, 209, 213, 227–28
extermination, 186–87
eyes, 99, 150–51, 281
Facebook, 36, 40, 155
author’s page on, 52–53, 97, 117, 157, 186, 242, 270, 274, 302–3
“Bring Andy Home” on, 4, 6, 49
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