# A Good Dog

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- Book: [A Good Dog](https://www.bookquiver.com/jon-katz/a-good-dog) ([A Good Dog.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jon-katz/a-good-dog.md))
- Authors: [Jon Katz](https://www.bookquiver.com/jon-katz)
- Publisher: Ebury Press
- ISBN: 978-00-9193-225-1
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2009-08-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## 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 ...