Inside of a Dog - What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Horowitz (Author) and Sean Vidal Edgerton (Illustrator).
About this Book - Buy Book - Click Here - Like many of you picking up this book, I grew up with dogs. In my case these dogs were part of the family: They were allowed in the house, sometimes in our beds with us, and they were loved. But they were also a little different than the other members of the family.With our dogs, we trained them, took them for walks, and in between, we spent a lot of time ignoring them.They were always there, in the house, but they weren't always there, on our mind. When we went swimming, or to school, or to play with friends,my parents put the dogs outside in a yard or fenced area, or even (these were slightly different times-this wouldn't be considered responsible today) let them run loose in the neighborhood. Download Full PDF - Click Here
Years later,as a young adult living on my own, I adopted my own dog, Pumpernickel.I lived in a small apartment near a college: I didn't have a yard or fenced area. So I became more aware of how long I left her alone wait ing for me to come back-largely because I was the one who took her out to pee, and I was the one who received her relieved greeting when I'd return to a dark apartment at night. Over the years, moving through many states, schools, and jobs, Pump stayed with me. She was my constant companion.I started racing home after work and school to be with her. I would bring her with me when I could. Download HardCover
I hired dog walkers to keep her company when I was gone for a long time. I saw how much she brought to my life,and worried about giving her a good life in return. Bur it took becoming a scientist of animal behavior to really change the way I saw her and dealt with her. When I began studying dogs, looking carefully at what they did when interacting with other dogs, with people, and how they behaved when on their own, I started to see my Pump in a whole new light. I was amazed. This book is all about what I discovered . From my own research and others studying dog behavior and cognition (what dogs do and what they know), I learned things about the mind of the dog that have en tirely changed how I dealt with Pump and the dogs I have known since. Download PDF
I write a lot about the joy of just being with dogs, though this book is mostly about the science of dogs.That might be intimidating to some people, bu t I suspect that since you picked up and are reading this book, it's not intimidating to you. Science is a powerful approach to looking at the world: By observing things and testing our hypotheses, we ftnd out much more than when we simply make assumptions. And you, young reader, are in the per fect position to see the dog scientifically. Read More
About the Author - Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller - Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know; Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell; and Our Dogs, Ourselves. She teaches at Barnard College, where she runs the Dog Cognition Lab. She lives with her family and two large, highly sniffy dogs, one cat, and one puppy in New York City.
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