Ted Kerasote

Calling all dog-lovers!
The club will be discussing Merle's Door: Lesson from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote. As many pets do, Merle "found" Ted and became an unforgettable companions. More than just a pet story, Kerasote explores the science behind canine bahavior. Merle is a true character, ... (more)yet Merle is also Everyodg. Join us... and bring a picture of your dog!

"[This book] is a window into the mind of a dog. You will experience his loyalty, fears, and joys and his true inner self. Everybody who loves dogs must read this book."
Temple ... (more)Grandin author of Animals in Translation

"[This book] is a compelling, insightful and tender story that opens new doors into the understanding of the nature of dogs."
The Bark

Ted Kerasote's writing has appeared in more than fifty periodicals, including Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Salon, and the New York Times. His most recent book, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age, won the National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Wyoming.

Ted Kerasote's writing has spanned the globe and appeared in dozens of periodicals and anthologies, including Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Salon, and The New York Times. He is also the author and editor of six books, one of which, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age, won the National ... (more)Outdoor Book Award.Merle and Ted found each other in the Utah desert. Merle was about ten months old, surviving on his own, and looking for a human to hang his heart on. Ted was forty-one, liked to write about animals, and had been searching for a pup whom he could shape into a companion. The training went both ways. Ted showed Merle how to live around wildlife, and Merle reshaped Ted's ideas about the complexity of a dog's mind, showing him how a dog's intelligence could be expanded by allowing it to make more of its own decisions. Acting as Merle's translator, and using Merle's life and lessons as a door into the world of dogs, Ted takes us on the journey they shared. He explores why the dog-human bond is so intense and how people and dogs communicate so readily with each other. He also uses the latest wolf research—showing that wolves treat maturing pups as partners rather than as subordinates—to explain how sharing leadership with your dog, rather than being its alpha, can help to create a healthier, more self-reliant, and better-socialized companion. Funny, fascinating, and tender, Merle's Door is a moving love story that reveals how the partnership between dogs and humans can become far more than we have imagined.

Co-sponsored by Intermountain Therapy Animals and The King's English.

Author: Ted Kerasote and
Merle pose for a photo atop Sheep Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming. Merle climbed the
mountain 13 times with Ted.
Merle’s Door, the
National Bestselling Book, tells the
story of Ted Kerasote's chance meeting with a reddish Golden Retriever &
Labrador ... (more)mix, named Merle, on the San Juan River in Utah in April 1991 and their
subsequent partnership in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Merle was living wild and
Ted was looking for a pup to keep him company. As their bond grew, Ted
taught Merle how to live around people and wildlife, and Merle taught Ted about
the benefits of respecting a dog that makes his own decisions. Merle is an extraordinary
dog and Ted is an extraordinary dog companion. The reader gathers this
immediately as Ted talks with, rather than at, Merle throughout the book, as he
would talk with a human. Using the latest in wolf research and
exploring issues of animal consciousness and leadership and the origins of the
human-dog relationship, Ted takes us on the journey he and Merle
shared. As much a love story as a story of independence and partnership,
Merle's Door is tender, funny, and ultimately illuminating. Now including a
wonderful new photo insert chronicling Merle's life, this National Bestseller
explores the loyal relationship between humans and dogs. How dogs live
when they were free and respected. How they bond with their human
companions.
Title: Merle's Door:
Lessons from a Freethinking Dog, $15.00 Softcover, ISBN 9780156034500, On Sale Date:
April 01, 2008. Rainy Day Books will have Ted Kerasote's
Books for Sale at this Author Event.
What: Ted Kerasote
will give us a Multimedia Slide Presentation, talk about his new book,
his life, his work, answer audience questions and he will autograph copies of
his new book purchased from Rainy Day Books,
on our website and / or at our Author Event.
When: Tuesday, May 06, 2008, Reception at 6:30 PM, Discussion at
7:00 PM, and Booksigning at 8:00 PM
Where: A Rainy Day
Books and
Kansas City Public Library Author Event at
Kansas
City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Auditorium, 4801 Main Street,
Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Reservation Phone: 816-701-3407,
Reception at 6:30 PM, Discussion at 7:00 PM, and Booksigning at
8:00 PM
Admission: Complimentary and Open to the
General Public. Please Call the Kansas City Public Library, Plaza
Branch at 816-816-701-3407 for Reservations. Rainy Day Books will have Ted Kerasote's
Books for Sale at this Author Event.