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The Bushido of Dog
About the author
Carla Francis is the author of a popular travel guide and has contributed to various pet and travel publications over many years including The Japan Times, CaravanWorld, Camper Trailer Australia, Urban Animal and Horses and People, Go See Australia and The Pet Directory. A self-confessed animal fanatic, Carla has featured internationally in CatWorld UK, and in Australia on SBS radio. Her most recent book has also proven very popular indeed - Travelling with Pets on Australia’s East Coast (5th edition).
Carla Francis
Dogs don't care that the world has changed.
While we overthink, overwork, and overanalyse, dogs move through life with a clarity shaped by instinct and a startling alignment with the samurai spirit. They play by a strict code of fairness, forgive without keeping score and greet mortality with a wagging tail because every day is enough.
The way of the warrior, or virtues of Bushido, invite us into the realm of Samurai ethics, and through the lens of cognitive ethology, we can begin to rethink modern life.
The Bushido of Dog reveals how the same creatures once bred to guard feudal lords now guard our hearts and gently correct our course whenever we stray from righteousness, respect, courage, and self-control.
Discover how to borrow their unspoken code, to worry less, forgive faster, love without ledger, and meet every morning (even the very last one) with a joyful heart.
Because if a creature who eats socks for breakfast can live with honour and die without regret, maybe, just maybe, there's still hope for us.
