One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog-Park Politics, and Organic Pet Food
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- ISBN13: 9780805087116
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A witty, insightful, and affectionate examination of how and why we spend billions on our pets, and what this tells us about ourselves
In 2003, Michael Schaffer and his wife drove to a rural shelter and adopted an emaciated, dreadlocked Saint Bernard who they named Murphy. They vowed that they’d never become the kind of people who send dogs named Baxter and Sonoma out to get facials, or shell out for $12,000 hip replacements. But then they ongoing to get weird looks from the in-laws: You hired a teacher? Your vet prescribed antidepressants? So Schaffer ongoing poking around and before long happened on an astonishing statistic: the pet industry, estimated at $43 billion this year, was just $17 billion barely a decade earlier.
One Nation Under Dog is about America’s pet obsession—the explosion, over the past generation, of an industry full of pet masseuses, professional dog-walkers, organic kibble, leash-law militants, luxury pet spas, veterinary grief counselors, upscale dog shampoos, and the like: a booming economy that is evidence of tremendous and rapid change in the status of America’s pets. Schaffer provides a surprising and lively portrait of our country—as how we treat our pets reflects evolving thoughts about domesticity, consumerism, politics, and family tree—through this fabulously reported and sympathetic look at both us and our dogs.
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This is a very appealing book that covers many, many subjects dealing with owning an animal. And as others have mentioned, it is both amusing, insightful, and informative. I learned a lot from this book from which different services and things were better than others to how some people over indulge and spoil their pets (ok, I admit,I reflect most of us do this). I did find, like some of the additional reviewers the chapter on death mighty sad, but in the end this book was certainly a rewarding read.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I’m a dog lover (I have two of them) so pretty much anything dog grabs my attention. Sorry to say, even the most ardent dog lover will feel let down by this book. One Nation Under Dog has a few appealing chapters but overall it failed to inform or entertain me. If you can get a free copy it’s worth skimming through but I couldn’t see buying it.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I had hoped for more from this book. The additional reviews are spot on, but it did not meet my expectations for better understanding this phenomena — far too much in the way of “tales” and anecdotes, in my opinion.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
As a urban dwelling dog owner I establish this book to be an entertaining and insightful examination of current “yuppie” culture. I highly recommend it!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Reading this book, I feel like this has been “done before”, but that just isnt the case. I had heard of these tales mentioned so the enjoyable shock value wasnt there for me.
Appealing theme, I dont know that this has really been done before.
Worth my time to read. Probably can’t make a movie from it though.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5