Never Leave the Dog Behind
Never Leave the Dog Behind 'We live in a world populated by dog lovers, where many of us regard them as members of the family. And mountains - theatres of risk, drama and heroism - provide the…
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Never Leave the Dog Behind
'We live in a world populated by dog lovers, where many of us regard them as members of the family. And mountains - theatres of risk, drama and heroism - provide the perfect stage for us to enact our canine fascination in all its pathos and poetry. We are fascinated by them: either anthropomorphising our pets or obsessing about the ways they differ from us.
Award-winning writer Helen Mort sets out to understand the singular relationship between dogs, mountains and the people who love them. In short, the hills bring into focus just how much we love being with dogs.'Dogs specialise in getting on with humans, and tales of faithful hounds in hostile environments form part of our cultural history. Along the way, she meets search and rescue dogs, interviews climbers and spends time on the hills with hounds.
The book is also a personal memoir, telling the author's own