Merle’s Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
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While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog—a Labrador mix—who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each additional, and Kerasote chose to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle’s native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He place a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in.
A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the leader, Merle’s Door explores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior as well as insights into the origins and evolution of the human-dog partnership. Merle showed Kerasote how dogs might live if they were allowed to make more of their own decisions, and Kerasote suggests how these lessons can be applied universally.
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First of all, most dogs I know have been raised in the city or suburbs. They are not left to roam freely as Merle was. If they were, they would have had very fleeting lives. Since most people I know have regular 9 to 5 jobs, they are not afforded the luxury this leader had of earning his living. In addition, if I wanted to know the dull results of countless studies, I would have selected that type of book to read. This was supposed to be a tale about a DOG! Sometimes the results of the studies he referred to went on endlessly, and I finally got to skipping over them in order to end the book. And most of all, he needs to read ” A Dog’s Prayer” which in part says: “…should the Fantastic Master see fit to deprive me of my health or sight, hold me gently in your arms as skilled hands grant me the mercy of eternal rest.” He was irresponsible not to give Merle that final gift.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I like animals and was draw to this book by all the fantastic reviews, but what a disappointment. I read the 1st 2 chapters thinking, ok it will pick up – he is just setting the stage, half way through the 3rd chapter, I started to realize this was his writing style. Dull. He is just describing action, and throwing in facts on wolfs, like a high school student would write a book report. Obviously this is an incredible dog tale, just couldn’t end the book.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I liked this book at first, but became frustrated as the tale went on. The parts about Merle and his personality were fantastic. The tale was blatently a middle aged man tooting his own horn about how fantastic his life was, how many women he had, how bitter he was about being dumped by a gorgeous younger woman, etc. Half way through the book he kept reminding me of a dirty ancient man, and eventually made it so I couldn’t end the last 50 pages. The leader takes every chance to point out how new age and fantastic he is, when really, I don’t care. I want to hear about the dog’s point of view, not a middle aged writer.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
If you delight in reading fictions and fairytales, you’ll delight in this book. The leader lives in a fantasy world where cartoon characters, Santa Clause, and the tooth fairy are real flesh and blood. Where we can carry on a full conversation with animals and interperate their replys and thoughts. Perhaps in rural
Wyoming a name can live like a free spirit with his head in the clouds, but here in the real world, we have limits that ground us to reality. Ted doesn’t
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Merle’s Door was an appealing review of a guy’s life. It was nothing I expected it to be and rather dull with a lot of details of his adventures. That’s about all I can say for it. Not real appealing to women…
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5