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    The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving: How Dogs Have Captured Our Hearts for Thousands of Years

    By Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

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    Dog lovers get ready – Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, international bestselling author of Dogs Never Lie About Love (which the San Francisco Chronicle calls "winning and wise," and "a charming paean to our best friends"), is back with an inspiring, heart-warming, and deeply personal exploration of the unique relationship between humans and dogs. As in When Elephants Weep, The Face on Your Plate, an The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, Masson blends cultural mythology, scientific research, and stories of his own experiences to tackle deep questions about the emotional lives of humans and animals. His compelling, elegant, and often humorous narrative about the love people feel for dogs (perfect for fans of John Grogan's Marley & Me) gives a new perspective on the extraordinary relationship between our species.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 5, 2010
    ISBN9780062014320
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    Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

    Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the author of twenty-five books, including the New York Times bestselling When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love, as well as The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, The Face on Your Plate, and The Assault on Truth. An American, he lives in New Zealand.

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    • 3/5
      Kind of a nothin' book - just some postulating about dogs and how they think and feel. There just wasn't much to this book other than a guy talking about how he thinks dogs became our companions. It's not a good book but not a bad book - it's more like a book length magazine article.
    • 4/5
      If you have ever owned a dog then Masson’s argument in The Dog Who Couldn’t Stop Loving is obvious to you. If you have ever shared part of your life with a cuddly pet then you can easily see how he/she made you better. The unique element in Masson’s book is that he offers scientific evidence to back up this connection.For at least the last 15,000 years (many believe longer) humans and dogs have lived together. In the beginning the dog was a wolf, and the relationship was rather tenuous. Nevertheless, humans 15,000 had a long way to go in an evolutionary standpoint. The main way that dogs added in this adventure: helping us develop affection and tolerance for a different species. Masson goes on expertly to explain that dogs and humans are unique in this capacity: no other species loves another one in quite this way (not even cats!).Mixing scientific research with his own wonderful dog, Masson’s The Dog Who Couldn’t Stop Loving is the perfect gift for any dog lover.
    • 3/5
      This book is a fun read, though I didn't find it as engaging or enlightening as some other books on this topic. My problems:Masson does a lot of rambling and repeats himself quite a bit. For the most part, he uses his dog Benjy as an example for all other dogs' behaviors without much else to back up his claims. For instance, he states many times that all dogs love all other dogs and humans. I've had dogs all my life and can say from personal experience that this is absolutely not true. On a positive note, Benjy's story will make almost anyone smile. And there are some interesting anecdotes sprinkled throughout about things like service dogs and the Australian dingoes.
    • 4/5
      Positing the theory of dog-human symbiotic evolution, the author makes his case easily by examples of humans and dogs meeting each others needs and behaviors that helped the other species to grow. Readable, not a dry, scientific tome - anyone who has a dog companion will really like this book.
    • 2/5
      Wish I could recommend this book, but I just can't. One positive - I gave my dog some extra pats and scratches while reading it!