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Originally Posted by lil louis  I have never read that one. |
It's a very long book about a guy who gets a dog by default and the deep love he develops for this animal without ever expecting it and the lengths he goes to to give that dog all he feels it wants or needs in life. They live up in the northeast or Canada or someplace like that. He makes a doggy door so Merle and come and go at will, etc., as a way to show his love for Merle. It takes up the life that a person can have sharing it with a dog and as I recall goes in depth about dog psychology, why's of behavior, etc., as this guy becomes so infatuated with all things dog he begins to research and learn all about dogs. Since it covers many years with a dog, it becomes hard to read through the ending of the book but you have to do it. It expresses the draw and love of a human and a dog so poignantly throughout every page one has to experience the whole thing and read through the rough part.