Dog's Best Friend

Preface, 2004
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. A Wolf in Dog's Clothing
Track of Ages
Defining Dog
Taming Wolf
Becoming Dog
Degrees of Separation
Reading of the Trail
Proper Distance
2. Big Dogs and Little Dogs
Basic Division
The Large and Small of It
Feist Dogs
Big Dogs
Florida Curs
Hunting
3. Common Scents
Following Scent
Basic Training
A Question of Odor
Unwinding
4. Gnashing Teeth
Fighting
The Dance
Hounds of Hell
5. The Culture of Instinct
Hard-working Dogs
Guarding
Herding
6. The Ugliness of Beauty
The Show
Ruined Dogs
The Fancy
The Dark Underbelly
7. Mutts of the North
The Long Haul
Whiteout
The Dogs
Happy Trails
Iditarod: The Controversy
Humans and Dogs
8. By Land, Sea, and Air
Breeding and Training
Birdy
Disc Drive
9. Dogs for People
Guides
Service Dogs
Failed Contracts
Rescue
Give the Dog a Treat
10. Bringing It All Back Home
The Perfect Dog
Down the Road
Appendix - Finding a Dog
Selected Bibliography
Index