{"product_id":"the-dogs-of-bedlam-farm-an-adventure-with-sixteen-sheep-three-dogs-two-donkeys-and-me-paperback","title":"The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Katz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDogs 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 \"The Dogs of Bedlam Farm \u003cbr\u003eWhen Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote about in \"A Dog Year, 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. \u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\"The Dogs of Bedlam Farm 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJON KATZ\u003c\/b\u003e has written thirteen books--six novels and seven works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eA Dog Year\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Work of Dogs.\u003c\/i\u003e A two-time finalist for the National Magazine Award, he has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eAKC Gazette.\u003c\/i\u003e A member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, he writes a column about dogs for the online magazine \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e and is co-host of \"Dog Talk,\" a monthly show on Northeast Public Radio. Katz lives on Bedlam Farm in upstate New York and in northern New Jersey, with his wife Paula Span, a \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e contributing writer and teacher at Columbia University, and their dogs. 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