Download The Grace of Dogs: A Boy, a Black Lab, and a Father's Search for the Canine Soul AudioBook Free
In the best-selling tradition of Inside of an Dog and Marley & Me, a good, illuminating, and enjoyable audiobook on why the dog-human romance is unique - and possibly even "spiritual". Dr. Andrew Root's search for the canine heart began the day his eight-year-old child led the family in a moving Religious ritual at the burial service for Kirby, their cherished black Lab. Within the coming weeks, Main found himself questioning: What was this thing we'd familiar with this creature? Why did losing injured so poignantly? Why have his son's act seem to be so right in its sacramental feel? In The Sophistication of Dogs, Root attracts on biology, background, theology, cognitive ethology (the analysis of animal minds), and paleontology to track how, in our mutual progression, humans and puppies have frequently helped one another to be more totally ourselves. Main explores questions like: Do puppies have souls? Is it accurate to state that puppies "love" us? What do psychology and physiology say about why we react to dogs in the manner that we do? The Sophistication of Dogs paints a vibrant picture of how, beyond sentimentality, the dog-human interconnection can legitimately be described as "spiritual" - as existing not for the sake of gain but for the unselfish desire to be with and then for the other, also to remind us that we are persons worthy of love and able to share love. Within this book for just about any mother or father whose kids have asked if they'll see Fido in heaven or who has looked their cherished dog in the facial skin and wondered what's happening within, Dr. Root provides an illuminating and heartfelt book that will change how we understand man's best friend.
