Dog, love and family

The book of the famous American writer is devoted to the analysis of the relationship of people and their dogs. It describes how the conditions of social life have changed over the past decades, and after this is the family life and nature of the relationship of man and his pet.
The author tells real stories about Americans and their dogs, about difficulties and a frantic pace of life of modern society, about the need to be successful and in demand. One of the consequences of this race is loneliness ... in its different forms: loneliness in a circle of loved ones, loneliness due to the collapse of the family or in old age. Exit - start a dog. And a person chooses a four -legged friend for himself to share an overwhelming burden of life with him.
Well, and the dog? She moves from the backyard to the master"s bedroom. Its role changes dramatically, since the owner treats her, rather, as a child or family member than as an animal. However, the dog is by no means a child, and the rules of conduct in a dog society are not at all the same as in human. Therefore, the new role of the dog turns into new problems with its behavior and health.
More than 40% of American families (including single people) have a dog or several dogs, the total number of home dogs reaches 64 million, and this number is growing steadily. But did the dog boom accidentally coincided with the boom of dog stories that arose in the West in the press and on television? And do people always make dogs consciously? Is it a good adviser advertising? And here is the result of human frivolity - about 10 million dogs per year falls into dog shelters. Half of them are subjected to euthanasia there, and the other five million are given a second chance to very common and respected in America, public organizations of rescuers.
The book had a wide public outcry, in 2003-2004 it entered a hundred best books in America.
Since the trends in the development of society in our country have much in common with American, the problems raised in this book are quite relevant for the Russian reader.
The book is intended for a wide range of readers, but it will be especially useful for breeders and dog owners