"In their landmark book, the authors begin by clearly outlining the material they want to cover and how they will go about doing it. They write, 'In our efforts to produce a significant new contribution to a crowded field, we looked to a source that has been largely ignored in investigations of the evolution of humans and their ecological relationships with other species: the solid information contained within accounts from Indigenous peoples around the world.' And the authors, who bring expertise in the wide-ranging fields they cover in their interdisciplinary analyses, do just this with remarkable skill and clear and easy to read prose."--Marc Bekoff, Animal Emotions, Psychology Today

"An in-depth and extremely satisfying study of one of the oldest subjects of human society: the millennia-old partnership of Homo sapiens and Canis familiaris."--Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly

"An outstanding book because of the care with which existing data are treated and presented and its encyclopedic scope."--Marc Bekoff, Quarterly Review of Biology

"Offers intelligent but subtle insights that have generally been overlooked by others writing about dog domestication, including myself. The closing chapter in particular is brilliant."--Pat Shipman, author of The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction and The Animal Connection: A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

"The domestic dog is absolutely unique in its relationship to humans. Famously loyal, fierce in protection, no other animal is such a friend, partner, guardian, guide, and family member. How dogs got to be dogs, how they brought their wolf traits into our home, and how humans have been in many ways reliant on dogs for survival and for our global spread--this is one of the most fascinating stories in the world. It is well told in these pages; this is a deep and insightful book."--Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

"Fabulous! This book is an inspiration, and a highly readable scientific and scholarly work. It is a must-read for anyone who has ever loved a canid, and all who may not yet have done so."--Bernd Heinrich, author of Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds