The author continues his odyssey from suburban New Jersey dog lover to owner of Bedlam Farm in rural, upstate New York, profiling the four dogs and other animals who share his life, and capturing the experience of life with animals.

The author of A Dog Year recounts his experiences over the course of a winter spent with his three border collies--Orson, Homer, and Rose--in an aging farmhouse with four decrepit barns, a ram named Nesbitt, fifteen ewes, a lonely donkey named Carol, and a baby donkey named Fannie, as he made new discoveries about the relationship between dogs and humans. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.