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Inside of a Dog_ What Dogs See, Smell, and Know - Alexandra Horowitz [137]

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versus dogs, 44–45

Piaget, Jean, 162–63, 178

pigeons

"psychic powers" of, 165–66

use of time, 213, 215

pigs, slaughterhouse behavior of, 251n

pinna, 92

pit bull, 53n

pitch of sounds made, 93–96, 98–108

play, 196–205

aggression versus, 5, 61–65, 270

attention in, 152–53, 199–205

biting games, 42

cackling laugh in, 103–4

commands during, 171–72

communication in, 1–2, 5–6, 200–205

description of, 1–2, 5–6, 205–6, 277–78

dog love of, 289

between dogs of mismatched size, 1–2, 124, 205–6, 221

of domesticated silver foxes, 37

fetch and, 277–78, 287

function of, 197–98

human-dog, 277–78, 287

objects in, 24–26, 247–50

ritualization of, 198

role in bonding process, 275–79

rolling behavior in, 24, 55, 85, 286

rough-and-tumble, 1–2, 24, 62, 196–98, 200n, 202, 205–6, 221

study of, 196–205

theory of mind and, 196–205

visual streak and ball dogs, 127–28, 287

see also attention-getter; play signals

play barks, 98–99, 108

play bow, 201, 203, 205

play signals, 199–207, 226

head bow, 201

importance of, 200–201, 289

open-mouth display, 108, 110, 201

play bow, 201, 203, 205

play slap, 103, 201

play slap, 103, 201

Pliny the Elder, 64–65

pointing

as communication, 49, 143, 150–52, 287

gaze following as, 150–52, 154

temporal patterns in, 277–78

polygraph machines, 80, 169

poodle, 42n, 240

posture

antithesis and, 110, 112

as communication, 80–81, 89–90, 108, 109–10, 111, 153 tail and, 111–14

prairie voles, 261

prey, chasing behaviors and, 169–71

primates

animal cognition research on, 4–5, 102n

big-brain hypothesis and, 8–9

problem-solving skills

imitation and, 183–90

intelligence and, 44–45, 175–81

of wolves versus dogs, 180

progressive mutilation, 229

prolactin, 279

prosody, 93–94, 95, 251

protodogs, 42

protodomesticators, 40

"psychic powers,"163–72

animal knowledge of habits versus, 166–72, 251–52

confirmation bias, 169n

in counting behavior of horse, 163–66

of pigeons, 165–66

in spelling behavior of dogs, 167

see also attention

pug, 40, 50, 112, 127, 221

Pumpernickel (Pump)

adoption of, 65

anecdotes, 4–6, 13, 29, 31, 33, 34, 52, 55, 67, 71, 75, 85, 87, 89, 92, 98, 100–101,

104, 108, 111–12, 113, 114–15, 118–19, 121, 123–24, 132, 135, 139, 166–67,

169–71, 183, 184, 190–91, 196–97, 199, 209, 211, 215, 222–23, 225, 228,

229, 235, 241, 247, 256–57, 259, 271–72, 274, 276, 283–85, 291, 294

described, 3, 47, 299–301

punishment

historical types of, 228–29

scolding in, 149, 232–33

in training process, 60–61, 286

pupil size, 124–25

pups

cuteness of, 264

lack of urine marking, 117

licking behavior of mother, 29–30, 272–73

sounds made by, 101, 102

in wolf packs, 58–59

purebred dogs, 49–50, 51, 71

raincoats, dog, 17–19

raised-leg display, 83, 116, 117–18

see also urine

raisin toxicity, 33, 34, 34n

rats

big-brain hypothesis and, 8–9

fear contagion in, 80

learned optimism and pessimism, 27–28

sounds made by, 93

use of time, 213, 215

redirected appeasement ceremony (Lorenz), 272–73

reflexes, 141

REM sleep, 213n

reptiles, vomeronasal organ in, 73

rescue dogs, 79, 166, 237–39

retina, 125, 126–32, 135–36, 249

retrieving behavior, 49, 53, 54, 112, 127–28, 154, 287

rewards, in training process, 60–61

rhinoceros, 4–5, 15n

flehmen, 74

urine marking, 84

Rico (border collie), 96–97, 98, 211n

right and wrong, knowledge of, 228–35

rolling behavior, 24, 55, 85, 86, 286

rolling tones, 24

rooting reflex, 141, 269

rope task, 44–45

roses, 22, 72

Rottweiler, 53n

rough-and-tumble play, 1–2, 24, 62, 196–98, 200n, 202, 205–6, 221 rump sniffing, 84–85, 86, 87–88

saccades, 136

Sacks, Oliver, 162

salty taste, 30

San Diego Zoo, 4–5

scavengers, 39, 40, 43, 63

schizophrenia, smell of, 81

sclera, 125

SCN (suprachiasmatic nucleus), 212–13

scolding, 149, 232–33

scream, 101

scrub jay, caching behavior of, 226

Seeing Eye dogs, 43, 134–35, 152, 162, 274

seizure prediction, 82n

selection

artificial, 6, 35–37, 41. see also domestication natural, 34, 38–47

selective breeding, 40

self-awareness

experience of, 217–22

knowledge

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