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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know | 
| Author: Alexandra Horowitz
Publisher: Scribner
Category: Book
List Price: $27.00
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 169
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1416583408
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7
EAN: 9781416583400
ASIN: 1416583408
Publication Date: September 15, 2009
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Product Description
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.Inside of a Dog is a fresh look at the world of dogs -- from the dog's point of view. As a dog owner, Horowitz is naturally curious to learn what her dog thinks about and knows. And as a scientist, she is intent on understanding the minds of animals who cannot speak for themselves. In clear, crisp prose, 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. The relationship between dogs and humans is arguably the most fascinating animal-human bond because dogs evolved from wild creatures to become our companions, an adaptation that changed their bodies, brains, and behavior. Yet dogs always remain animals, familiar but mysterious. 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.
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 Amazing November 21, 2009
Nanucha T. Silva (Brazil)
This book is amazing. It shows in details how your dog feels and perceive the world aroud him by himself. And, for who live in other countries than the U.S, the delivery is not so long, about 25 days in Brazil.
 Good but could have been much better November 18, 2009
R. C Sheehy (Foxboro,MA USA)
Ms. Horowitz does a fine job of trying to explain the way dogs function in their lives with humans and the reasoning behind it. However the lack of focus and the fact that she moves from anecdotes to scientific proof and back again really hurts the examples she is try to demonstrate. I found her thought processes very hard to follow and believed that she was moving between being a very effective scientist and a good story teller but at the same time dropping some things off.
I was hopping for more with this book to be quite honest. I believe a number of the reviews tell all that is really of interest within the book. If you have a burning passion to learn what's going on with dogs then this book is for you. I think most people will find it very thin and dull.
Pacific Book Review, November 9, 2009 November 10, 2009
www.pacificbookreview.com (California, USA)
Reviewed by: Nicole Sorkin, Pacific Book Review
Title: Inside of A Dog: What Dogs See, Think, and Know
If you are a dog lover? You will appreciate this book and be very fascinated by all you learn. Full of terrific details and interesting research about dogs. It's been said dogs personify all virtues of humans without vices, and many books have been written on the topic of canine attributes; but none come so close to analyzing the dog thought process as Inside Of A Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, And Know. Alexandra Horowitz provides entertaining and observational works to back scholarly analysis of dog interpretations of their world. Any pet owner will find her analysis astute and entertaining as well. I highly recommend that all who have an interest in dogs or share their lives with dogs purchase and peruse this informative book.
Fascinating study November 8, 2009
Sharon Russell (Terre Haute, IN USA)
This is a fascinating study of dogs. I have read many books on dog behavior, but this one still had new information. I especially liked the chapter dealing with the way dogs observe us.
 Some nice stories November 6, 2009
dog res q r (Long Island, New York)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sadly, this is one of many, many books that are filled with assertions, not facts. We now have an enormous amount of information about dogs thanks to scientists who decided that the reason for not studying dogs because they weren't in their "natural habitat" is incorrect. Living with humans IS a dog's natural habitat. They are, in fact, our first domesticated animal. Trustworthy books on the dog include those by Vilmos Csanyi, If Dogs Could Talk, or Lindsay, the three volume treatise, the Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training.
But even better is to do your own work understanding your dog. Buy the Brenda Aloff book, Canine Body Language or the Abrantes book, Encyclopedia of Canine Behavior. Then watch your dog, study your dog, see what he does when presented with various stimuli.
As to horrible mistakes based on, perhaps, just her dog (the fallacy of reasoning from the particular to the general) is Horowitz's comment on meeting another dog. She's right AND she's wrong. When two dogs meet, they SHOULD be allowed to do the "sniff test," etc. on a loose lead. Why? Dogs that are restrained may respond negatively out of what some believe is the "frustration" of not being able to make a dog-like "meet and greet." This is very similar to fence behavior between two dogs which presents the same difficulties for the dog. Two dogs on opposite sides of the fence often start barking and snapping. When allowed to meet without the fence in between, there is a far more subdued "conference." As a member of a rescue group, I have witnessed this over and over and have stopped using the "time-tested" recommended "first have them meet on opposite sides of a fence" approach to introducing one dog to another (A far better approach is to find a partner and walk the two dogs together for a mile or so.)
So her recommendation is, on the surface, a good one, loose lead meeting, good. Unfortunately, two completely clueless dog owners (remember, I'm in rescue) can't possibly tell if their dog or the other one is "targeting" the other dog or just harmlessly anxious to meet this canine passerby. "Oh, but my dog/other dog is wagging their tail." Ah, wagging. Here's an example where a little studying of the Abrantes book would pay dividends. Wagging comes in lots of varieties. Is the tail going around madly in circles or is it high and stiff and wagging back and forth slowly like a metronome...it makes a difference. Did one of the dogs avert their eyes? How about the approach? Did one dog attempt to approach the other dog from the side or are they both coming towards one another head to head. And of course there are the tailless Dobies and Rotties, so you need to look at other signals, ears, lips, body language. I don't normally allow my dogs to meet other dogs on the street because there is too much risk and very little reward. If you like to walk your dog on busy streets, teach your dog to "heel" or "on by" when meeting another dog. See, for example Koehler or Patricia Burnham.
All in all this book is like most of the mass media junk, sitting on shelves in your favorite book store, either filled with anecdotal information or making statements unsupported by anything other than the uncited "study." There are good books on dogs, but they are far and few between, the McConnell series comes to mind as well as Be the Dog by Duno, The Dog's Mind, by Fogle or the Domestic Dog by Serpell.
But if you have a dog, then you really have the best available information curled up next to you. Just don't draw conclusions based on "human logic" or what's more accurately called anthropomorphisms. What I mean, for example, is the call we often get (by the wife) about a recently adopted dog, that the dog is urinating in front of the husband as soon as he walks in the door. And the husband (it's invariably the husband) is sure that the dog is doing it for spite and no matter how loudly he screams at the dog, the dog continues to pee as soon as he walks in the house. Well I am sure most of you know what's going on here. Dogs don't do anything for spite (their range of emotions are far simpler than ours). The dog is being deferential. It's what dogs do to show submissiveness to a senior, more dominant animal. So we tell the wife to tell the husband to stop screaming at the dog and make believe he actually is happy to see the pup...or feel free to return the dog to us and go out and get a nice stuffed animal
As to this book, unless you're in the book store, sipping a latte while skimming the book (and looked up the reviews via wi-fi...or you're a relative...pass...
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