Bandit
The Heart-Warming True Story of One Dog's Rescue from Death Row
Published on 11. February 2011
336 pages
978-1-62636-674-9 (ISBN)
Description
Employing a unique combination of psychology, philosophy, sociology, and dog training theory, Vicki Hearne recounts her experiences with Bandit, a dog deemed so dangerous that the state of Connecticut condemned him to death. Hearne rescued Bandit and was soon entrenched in a legal battle that extended well beyond his case as she fought to prove that no dog is inherently vicious. She quickly discovered the factors that contributed to Bandit's behavior and set about releasing the essentially "good dog" that lay within.
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09/2007
Skyhorse Publishing
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Vicki Hearne was an accomplished scholar of linguistics, literature, philosophy, and behavioral psychology as well as a poet. She was known for her distaste of sentimental indulgence and her idea that animals want to be challenged when working with humans. She was a professor at Yale University and operated a dog-training school for years in Westbrook, Connecticut.
Content
- Intro
- Also by
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Epigraph
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- Prolegomena
- ONE - Why I Did It
- TWO - Biting the Hand That Feeds Him
- THREE - Bandit Himself
- FOUR - Bandit Himself: What He Is Not
- FIVE - "This Isn't an Animal Rights Case, Professor Wizner"
- SIX - Some Notes On Dog Bites (Just Before the Just City)
- SEVEN - Guarding the Just City: A Pastoral
- EIGHT - The Pit Bull Who Founded Rome
- NINE - Beastly Behaviors
- TEN - Whereas
- Coda: - A Thousand Dollars
- Epilogue
- Vicki Hearne 1946-2001
- VICKI HEARNE
