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Being a Dog

Being a Dog

Following the Dog into a World of Smell

by Alexandra Horowitz
Paperback
Publication Date: 17/10/2017

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From the #1 bestselling author of Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy--"an incredible journey into the olfactory world of man's best friend" (O, The Oprah Magazine), Alexandra Horowitz's follow-up to her New York Times bestseller explains how dogs experience the world through their most spectacular organ--the nose.In her "fascinating book...Horowitz combines the expertise of a scientist with an easy, lively writing style" (The New York Times Book Review) as she imagines what it is like to be a dog. Guided by her own dogs, Finnegan and Upton, Horowitz sets off on a quest through the cutting-edge science behind the olfactory abilities of the dog. In addition to speaking to cognitive researchers and smell experts, Horowitz visits detection-dog trainers and training centers; she meets researchers working with dogs to detect cancerous cells and anticipate epileptic seizure or diabetic shock; and she even attempts to smell-train her own nose. As we come to understand how rich, complex, and exciting the world around us is to the canine nose, Horowitz changes our perspective on dogs forever. Readers will finish this book feeling that they have broken free of their human constraints and understanding smell as never before; that they have, for however fleetingly, been a dog. And, as The Boston Globe says about Being a Dog, "becoming more doglike, not surprisingly, can make anyone's life a little more vivid."
ISBN:
9781476796024
9781476796024
Category:
Dogs as pets
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
17-10-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Scribner
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
212.72x139.7x20.32mm
Weight:
0.29kg
Alexandra Horowitz

Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the bestselling Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know and On Looking: A Walker’s Guide to the Art of Observation.

She teaches psychology, animal behavior, and canine cognition at Barnard College, Columbia University.

In New York City, Alexandra walks with her husband, the writer Ammon Shea, her son, and two large, non-heeling dogs.

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