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Inside of a Dog_ What Dogs See, Smell, and Know - Alexandra Horowitz [138]

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of right and wrong, 228–35

"mark" test of, 218–19, 220

olfaction and, 219–20

size and, 220–22

of working dogs, 221–22

self-takedown, 221

sensitive/critical period, 42–43, 222n, 262

separation anxiety, 43, 268n, 271–72, 280

sexuality

courting behavior, 83–84, 277–78

and domestication of silver foxes, 36

flehmen and, 74

flirting and, 277–78

genetic mutations and, 51

genitals and, 75, 76, 87

hormones and, 172

neutering dogs, 295

raised-leg display in, 83, 116, 117–18

of wolves, 38, 41, 58

shake, body, 113–14

shaping behavior, 10–11

shark, olfaction of, 77

shar-pei, 50

sheepdog

early exposure to sheep, 221, 262

"eye" behavior, 287

innate behavioral tendencies, 54

nose of, 71

shepherding behavior. see herding behavior

shepherds, 49, 50, 53, 53n, 104

shoes

for dogs, 56

odor of, 71, 75–76, 78, 135, 244

showing, 154

shriek, 103

Siberian husky, 42n, 48, 50, 114, 135

sighing, 27, 153

sight. see vision

signature odor, 25–26, 74–79, 87–88, 135

sitting tone, 24

size

big-dog sounds, 102

breed differences, 43–44

height in, 23, 40, 110n, 112, 169–71, 243–45

of objects in relation to dogs, 247–50

recognition of own, 220–22

in rough-and-tumble play, 1–2, 124, 205–6, 221 toy dogs, 49, 290–91

slaughterhouses, 136, 251n

sledding, 169–71

sleep

circadian rhythms and, 88, 212–15

dreaming and, 88, 124, 213, 213n

smelling. see nose; odors; olfaction

smile

of chimpanzees, 16

of dogs, 16, 110, 256–58, 273

of dolphins, 16

happiness and, 16, 145 infant imitation of, 143, 173, 277

snarl, 102

sneeze, 68

sniff, 68–71

characterized by ethologists, 69–70, 83–84

description of, 67, 68, 69–70

in dogs, 67, 68–71, 83–88, 116–17

in elephants, 69

in greeting, 75, 76, 84–85, 86, 87–88

in humans, 70–71

in marmosets, 69

rump sniffing, 84–88

in tortoises, 69

types of, 67, 68

wet nose good for, 69, 74–75, 77

see also nose; odors; olfaction

Snoopy, 226

snuffling, 103

social cognition

animal behavior in zoos, 4–5, 8, 14–15, 15n, 158–59, 216

animal knowledge of humans, 161–73

animal preferences and, 16–17

attention in, 144–45

in detection of fear, 79–81

in domestication of dogs, 38–47

eye contact and, 45–47

linguistic ability of animals, 94–95

packs and, 38, 40, 41, 43, 57–61, 103

physical cognition and, 176–81

play and, 1–2, 5–6, 206–7. see also play

"psychic powers" of animals, 163–72

sensitive/critical period of, 43

see also attention; communication

social panting, 103–4

socks, 244

Sofia (dog), 145n

Sony, 276

sounds made, 98–108 bark. see barks

breathing, 103

cackling laugh, 103–4

chatter, 103

context and, 99–100

cry, 101

duration of, 100

growl, 62, 100, 102, 221–22

grunt, 101–2

high-frequency, 93, 101

howl, 100, 101, 103

method of production, 100

moan, 100, 101–2

noisy breathing, 103

pitch of, 93–96, 98–108

play slap, 103, 201

range of hearing in dogs, 92, 93–94

range of hearing in humans, 21–22, 23–24, 92–94

scream, 101

shriek, 103

sigh, 27, 153

snarl, 102

sneeze, 68

snuffling, 103

social panting, 103–4

sonorous mouth licking, 152

squeal, 101

ultrasonic, 91, 93, 241–43

whimper, 101

whine, 100, 101, 153

yawn, 110, 280–81

yelp, 98, 100–101

sour taste, 30

spaniel, 3, 49, 50, 114

species, nature of, 38n

spelling, 167

sporting hounds, 49

springer spaniel, 3

squeal, 101

standing over, 18–19

Stanley (Jack Russell), 245

staring, 15, 45–46, 110, 292–93

Stein, Gertrude, 161

Sterbak, Jana, 245

stimulus enhancement, 184–90

strange dogs, 79n

stranger barks, 107

stray dogs, 63

stress response

cortisol in, 172–73, 279–80

eye contact and, 45–46

in fear, 79–81

genes and, 36–37

sounds in, 104

tails in, 112

yawn in, 110

stroboscopic vision, 131 submission

body language showing, 110–11, 112, 114

in electric shock research, 19n

eye contact in, 147

licking and, 30–31

in training dogs, 57–61

in wolves versus dogs, 18–19

suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), 212–13

surrogate mothers, 268–69

sweat, 20–21, 75, 76, 80

sweet taste, 30

synchrony

of assistance dogs, 43, 134–35, 162, 274 in regulation of time, 274

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