8/12/10

Bridging Species: Thoughts and Tales About Our Lives with Dogs

Robyn M Fritz

Show Description:
Are your dogs and cats family members, not just pets? Then you're bridging species and creating multi-species families. But why? How do we respect, yet transcend, species? What are the mystical, cultural, practical, and even cosmic implications for our busy lives, our communities, and our evolving planet? In these wry, thought-provoking essays and comic tales an acclaimed writer explores news ways of thinking about the human-animal bond while building a full life with her animals - one challenging idea, one leap of love, one good joke at a time.
Many of us daily wonder why we live with animals - and know we wouldn't live without them. But when we start thinking about animal consiousness, rights, responsibilities, and simply getting along, we're suddenly propelled into a whole new world. Who sleeps where, who eats what, and who goes a walk or sits on a windowsill becomes a bit more complex we when consider our animal companion's feelings- and attitudes. What do compassion, love, behavior, and even what species we are have to do with living harmony with all life? Can you have fun and a life with animals?

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Guest Bio:
Robyn M Fritz MA MBA writes about re-imagining our relationships with nature and animals, especially with the animals in our multi-species families. Reflections from Murphy, her column on our connections with dogs, was a finalist for the Merial Human Animal Bond Award and for best Internet column from the Dog Writers Association of America. She lives in Seattle with her multi-species family: the Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Murphy and Alki and Grace the Cat.