Inside of a Dog_ What Dogs See, Smell, and Know - Alexandra Horowitz [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Prelude
Umwelt: From the Dog’s Point of Nose
Belonging to the House
Sniff
Mute
Dog-eyed
Seen by a Dog
Canine Anthropologists
Noble Mind
Inside of a Dog
You Had Me at Hello
The Importance of Mornings
Postscript: Me and My Dog
Notes and Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors
Footnotes
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INSIDE OF A DOG
WHAT DOGS SEE, SMELL, AND KNOW
ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ
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To the dogs
Contents
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 became 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
Dogs' 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
I. What a dog knows
Dog days (About time)
The inner dog (About themselves)
Dog years (About their past and future)
Good dog (About right