Kerasote, Ted. <br/><br/>
Merle's door :  lessons from a freethinking dog / 
Ted Kerasote 
 - 1st Harvest edition. 
 - Orlando, Florida :  Harcourt School Publishers,  c2007 
 - 398 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Merle and Ted found each other in the Utah desert - Merle living wild and Ted looking for a pup to shape into a companion. But the training went both ways. Ted taught Merle how to live around wildlife, and Merle taught Ted that a dog grows intelligent when allowed to make his own decisions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780156034500 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>SF 426.2 .K47 2007