Willing Dogs & Reluctant Masters

REVIEWS

Book Reviews

1. Excerpt of a note to the author, from acclaimed author Donald McCaig:

Willing dogs & Reluctant Masters is the first fully intelligent, dog savvy, systematic examination of the human dog connection since Vicki Hearne’s Adam’s Task. For owners and dogs alike, it is an important book. As a bonus, it’s great fun. I can’t recalll the last time I read a dog book twice.  Yours, I’ll reread.

2. Professor Diana Schaub, “Dog’s Best Friend” in The New Atlantis (Winter/Spring 2013). An in-depth review, including a great overview of the book’s themes.

2.5. Diana Schaub’s review of my book gets a post, “Can We Really Be Friends with Dogs?” (Nov. 3rd, 2013) on Andrew Sullivan’s blog, The Dish.

3. Eva Brann, “The Rehabilitation of Spiritedness” in The St. John’s Review (Spring 2013). You can also read it here.

4. Dawn Marcus, M.D. “Willing Dogs & Reluctant Masters Book Review“, in Fit As Fido (November 2012).

Selected Conversations and Interviews

1. You can listen to my lively half-hour conversation about the book with Dr. Bernadine Cruz, on her radio show The Pet Doctor.

2. A longer and more in-depth discussion with KMO, interviewer and host of the wide-ranging C-Realm podcast (the “C” stands for consciousness). KMO entitled it “Embracing Your Own Authority”, which aptly reflects the heart of our conversation.

Lecture

In February 2014, I was invited to give a lecture at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The lecture—”Spirited Friends: on dogs and friendship”—focuses on themes related to my book, and is just under an hour long. You can listen to it on Youtube.