The Teachings of Shirelle: Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead

by Douglas Green

Overview

Douglas Green considers his late pound puppy - a knuckleheaded dog named Shirelle - to be the greatest teacher he's ever known. "If Shirelle were in a fancy restaurant," he writes, "she might climb onto someone's table and eat their food, but she would never, ever, insult the waiter." The Teachings of Shirelle is the hilarious and uplifting story of how this unique pooch taught her guardian to live life to the fullest.

This touching ode to the human-animal connection offers a lighthearted, philosophical, psychological, and spiritual bounty of lessons gleaned from the simple-minded brilliance of an unforgettable teacher. These lessons are as relevant and valuable as ever, showing readers how to look at the world through eyes that are not their own. Eyes that, in this case, belong to a dog.

This second edition includes an all-new foreword written by acclaimed veterinarian Dr. Barrie M. Sands, author of The Stupid Things My Human Does: True Stories from the Animal ER and winner of the AHVMA 2022 Holistic Practitioner of the Year Award.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781953639172
Publisher:	Circuit Breaker Books LLC
Publication date:	07/09/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Douglas Green is the author of the 2020 novel A Dog of Many Names. He runs the advice website AskShirelle.com, inspired by the first edition of The Teachings of Shirelle. He directed the 2000 film The Hiding Place before authoring books, and now spends his days working with teens and children as a psychotherapist in LA.