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The genius of dogs : how dogs are smarter than you think Cover Image Book

The genius of dogs : how dogs are smarter than you think

Hare, Brian 1976- (Author). Woods, Vanessa 1977- (Added Author).

Summary: "Brian Hare, dog researcher, evolutionary anthropologist, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and Vanessa Woods offer revolutionary new insights into dog intelligence and the interior lives of our smartest pets. In the past decade, we have learned more about how dogs think than in the last century. Breakthroughs in cognitive science, pioneered by Brian Hare have proven dogs have a kind of genius for getting along with people that is unique in the animal kingdom. Brian Hare's stunning discovery is that when dogs domesticated themselves around 40,000 years ago they became far more like human infants than their wolf ancestors. Domestication gave dogs a whole new kind of social intelligence. This finding will change the way we think about dogsand dog training--indeed, the revolution has already begun. Hare's seminal research has led him to work with every kind of dog from the tiniest shelter puppy to the exotic New Guinea singing dog, from his own childhood dog, Oreo, to the most fashionableschnoodle. The Genius of Dogs is nothing less than the definitive dog book of our time by the researcher who started a revolution. "--

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  • ISBN: 9780525953197
  • ISBN: 0525953191
  • ISBN: 9780142180464
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Dutton, [2013]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-354) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Brian's Dog -- 1 Genius in Dogs?: The many flavors of genius 3 -- 2 Wolf Event: Wolves conquer the world, only to lose it all 17 -- 3 In My Parents' Garage: The perfect place for a scientific discovery 33 -- 4 Clever as a Fox: How an obscure Russian scientist revealed domestication's secret 63 -- 5 Survival of the Friendliest: How a little congeniality can get you ahead 95 -- Part 2 Dog Smarts -- 6 Dog Speak: Are we having a conversation? 125 -- 7 Lost Dogs: Dogs don't beat wolves at everything 147 -- 8 Pack Animals: Dogs are best in a social network 165 -- Part 3 Your Dog -- 9 Best in Breed: The question on everyone's lips-which breed is smartest? 191 -- 10 Teaching Genius: How do you train a cognitive dog? 219 -- 11 For the Love of Dog: Could we love one another more? 253.

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Dogs Behavior Evolution
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