Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Description

The 1 New York Times bestselling book from the author of The Year of the
Puppy that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise
and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how
dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal,
the human. Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs’ perceptual and cognitive
abilities and then draws a picture of what it might be like to be a dog.
What’s it like to be able to smell not just every bit of open food in the
house but also to smell sadness in humans, or even the passage of time? How
does a tiny dog manage to play successfully with a Great Dane? What is it like
to hear the bodily vibrations of insects or the hum of a fluorescent light?
Why must a person on a bicycle be chased? What’s it like to use your mouth as
a hand? In short, what is it like for a dog to experience life from two feet
off the ground, amidst the smells of the sidewalk, gazing at our ankles or
knees? Inside of a Dog explains these things and much more. The answers can be
surprising—once we set aside our natural inclination to anthropomorphize dogs.
Inside of a Dog also contains up-to-the-minute research—on dogs’ detection of
disease, the secrets of their tails, and their skill at reading our
attention—that Horowitz puts into useful context. Although not a formal
training guide, Inside of a Dog has practical application for dog lovers
interested in understanding why their dogs do what they do. With a light touch
and the weight of science behind her, Alexandra Horowitz examines the animal
we think we know best but may actually understand the least. This book is as
close as you can get to knowing about dogs without being a dog yourself. Read
more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribner; First TRADE PAPERBACK Edition (September 28, 2010)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416583432
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 31
• Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 890L
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.5 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.44 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #16,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #16 in Dog Training (Books) #25 in Medical Cognitive Psychology #52 in Cognitive Psychology (Books)
• #16 in Dog Training (Books)