Be Your Dog's Best Friend: The Benefits of Mutual Bonding and Relationship Building - Paperback

by Katya Lidsky (Author)

Bonding with a dog is good for the animal and good for us. Along the way to achieving the behaviors we desire from a dog, we change our behaviors too, taking us right to the intersection between dog guardianship and personal growth.

This how-to-bond book, set against the backdrop of a true love story, explores what happens when we prioritize the relationship with our canines over the results we get from them. With a woven narrative that features various foster dogs as well as exercises to practice with your own dog, it positions dog adoption as both a selfish and a selfless act. Every dog has the capacity to help us be the best version of ourselves, day after day, and in bonding to improve the relationship with our pet, we end up strengthening the relationship we really want: the one with ourselves.

Author Biography

Katya Lidsky is a writer and a trauma-informed, certified breathwork facilitator and creative grief coach who focuses on supporting animal shelter staff and volunteers, animal rescuers, veterinary teams, and creatives. She has written for The New York Times, Parents, Texas Monthly, Kinship, and Animal Wellness. She has been an animal advocate, shelter volunteer, and dog foster mom for more than 15 years, and worked with animal welfare nonprofits for more than a decade.