# A Good Dog

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- Authors: [Jon Katz](https://www.bookquiver.com/jon-katz)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-08-20
- Genres: Domestic animals and pets

## Description

When Jon took on a troublesome two-year-old Border Collie in A Dog Year , it turned his sedate life upside down and culminated in a move from suburbia to a rural farm. But the contrary Collie - incredibly loyal but incredibly misbehaved - never settles down. Jon tries everything, obedience training, changing his name from Devon to Orson, even acupuncture, and it all helps a little, but not enough. Together Jon and Orson chase sheep across high meadows, wade through snow, bask by a roaring stove and struggle to keep faith in each other. A story of great joy and heartbreak, in A Good Dog Jon faces the most difficult decision any dog lover has to make ...

## Editions

### A Good Dog

- Publisher: Ebury Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0703-064-7
- Published: 2010-02-23
- Language: en_GB

### A Good Dog

- Publisher: Ebury Press
- ISBN: 978-00-9193-225-1
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2009-08-20
- Language: en_GB

### A Good Dog

- Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-08-1297-149-1
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2007-06-26
- Language: en_US