Inside of a dog :
Horowitz, Alexandra.
Inside of a dog : what dogs see, smell, and know / - 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. - New York : Scribner, 2010, c2009. - xii, 352, [11] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes an interview with the author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-332) and index.
Prelude -- A prefatory note on the dog, training, and owners -- Calling a dog "the dog" -- Training dogs -- The dog and his owner -- Umwelt : from the dog's point of nose -- Take my raincoat : please -- A tick's view of the world -- Putting our umwelt caps on -- The meaning of things -- Asking dogs -- Dog kisses -- Dogologist -- Belonging to the house -- How to make a dog : step-by-step instructions -- How wolves become dogs -- Unwolfy -- And then our eyes met- -- Fancy dogs -- The one difference between breeds -- Animals with an asterisk -- Canis unfamiliaris -- Making your dog -- Sniff -- Sniffers -- The nose nose -- The vomeronasal nose -- The brave smell of a stone -- The smelly ape -- You showed fear -- The smell of disease -- The smell of a dog -- Leaves and grass -- Brambish and brunky -- Mute -- Out loud -- dog-eared -- The opposite of mute -- Whimpers, growls, squeaks, and chuckles -- Woof -- Body and tail -- Inadvertent and intent -- Dog-eyed -- Eyes of the ball-holder -- Go get the ball! -- Go get the green ball! Go get the green bouncing ball- on the TV! -- Visual umwelt -- Seen by a dog -- The eyes of a child -- The attention of animals -- Mutual gaze -- Gaze following -- Attention-getting -- Showing -- Manipulating attention -- Canine anthropologists -- Dog's psychic powers deconstructed -- Reading us -- All about you -- Noble mind -- Dog smarts -- Learning from others -- Puppy see, puppy do -- more human than bird -- Theory of mind -- Theory of dog mind -- Playing into mind -- What happened to the Chihuahua -- Non-human -- Inside of a dog -- What a dog knows -- What it is like -- You had me at hello -- Bondables -- Touching animals -- At hello -- The dance -- The bond effect -- The importance of mornings -- Go for a "smell walk" -- Train thoughtfully -- Allow for his dogness -- Consider the source -- Give him something to do -- Play with him -- Look again -- Spy on him -- Don't bathe your dog every day -- Read the dog's tells -- Pet friendly -- Get a mutt -- Anthropomorphize with umwelt in mind.
What do dogs know? How do 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.
1416583432 (pbk.) : $16.00 9781416583431 (pbk.)
Dogs--Psychology.
Dogs--Behavior.
Dogs--Psychology.
SF433 / .H73 2010b
Inside of a dog : what dogs see, smell, and know / - 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. - New York : Scribner, 2010, c2009. - xii, 352, [11] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes an interview with the author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-332) and index.
Prelude -- A prefatory note on the dog, training, and owners -- Calling a dog "the dog" -- Training dogs -- The dog and his owner -- Umwelt : from the dog's point of nose -- Take my raincoat : please -- A tick's view of the world -- Putting our umwelt caps on -- The meaning of things -- Asking dogs -- Dog kisses -- Dogologist -- Belonging to the house -- How to make a dog : step-by-step instructions -- How wolves become dogs -- Unwolfy -- And then our eyes met- -- Fancy dogs -- The one difference between breeds -- Animals with an asterisk -- Canis unfamiliaris -- Making your dog -- Sniff -- Sniffers -- The nose nose -- The vomeronasal nose -- The brave smell of a stone -- The smelly ape -- You showed fear -- The smell of disease -- The smell of a dog -- Leaves and grass -- Brambish and brunky -- Mute -- Out loud -- dog-eared -- The opposite of mute -- Whimpers, growls, squeaks, and chuckles -- Woof -- Body and tail -- Inadvertent and intent -- Dog-eyed -- Eyes of the ball-holder -- Go get the ball! -- Go get the green ball! Go get the green bouncing ball- on the TV! -- Visual umwelt -- Seen by a dog -- The eyes of a child -- The attention of animals -- Mutual gaze -- Gaze following -- Attention-getting -- Showing -- Manipulating attention -- Canine anthropologists -- Dog's psychic powers deconstructed -- Reading us -- All about you -- Noble mind -- Dog smarts -- Learning from others -- Puppy see, puppy do -- more human than bird -- Theory of mind -- Theory of dog mind -- Playing into mind -- What happened to the Chihuahua -- Non-human -- Inside of a dog -- What a dog knows -- What it is like -- You had me at hello -- Bondables -- Touching animals -- At hello -- The dance -- The bond effect -- The importance of mornings -- Go for a "smell walk" -- Train thoughtfully -- Allow for his dogness -- Consider the source -- Give him something to do -- Play with him -- Look again -- Spy on him -- Don't bathe your dog every day -- Read the dog's tells -- Pet friendly -- Get a mutt -- Anthropomorphize with umwelt in mind.
What do dogs know? How do 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.
1416583432 (pbk.) : $16.00 9781416583431 (pbk.)
Dogs--Psychology.
Dogs--Behavior.
Dogs--Psychology.
SF433 / .H73 2010b