Introduction

Dogs are beloved.

They are feared, spoiled, sacred, and expendable.
They are workers, pests, companions, and family.

All over the world, humans have extraordinarily different relationships with dogs — and the stories we tell about them shape everything. They determine whether a dog sleeps in our bed or lives on a chain. Whether a stray is fed or kicked. Whether an animal is a companion, a tool, or something in between.

I spend a lot of time inside those stories.

This blog is about dogs and humans and the wild, complicated, ancient relationship between us. We'll go deep into mythology and history. We'll go hiking and traveling. We'll spend time lying in the grass. I'll ask upside-down questions about things we take for granted, and I'll keep tinkering with the narratives we've inherited — because I think some of them are worth keeping, and some of them desperately need to change.

My dog Drago is usually nearby when I'm writing. He is not a human, and not a wolf. He is his own liminal being, aware of things I'll never know.

This feels like the right place to figure some of it out.

I invite you to join me.