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In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The… — Edward Hoagland

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In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

Edward Hoagland
1975
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Man and animals
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1975
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Edward Hoagland
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Hoagland, Edward. "The Tug of Life at the End of the Leash." Harpers Magazine, Feb. 1975.

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