TITLE: The Genius of Dogs - Discovering the Unique Intelligence of Man's Best Friend AUTHOR: Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods DATE PUBLISHED: 2013 FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 9781780743684 ___________________________ DESCRIPTION: "Is your dog purposefully disobeying you? Probably, and usually behi...
The Zeva Project is my quest to find an activity that Zeva and I can participate in together to relieve her current state of boredom. I am reading nine books, some of which are on the psychology and training of dogs and some which describe specific dog activities. Fascinating. This book is all ...
My Dog Understands English is not another entry in the recent upswing of books which take a scientific approach to dogs, their ability to learn language, and their ability to cooperate with humans. Rather it is a collection of stories that the author freely admits was crowdsourced that tell of dogs ...
Source: Free from Goodreads First Reads program for reviewThis book is more a scientific book, but it reads easily for anyone curious about a dog's cognition abilities. It starts out from where Brian Hare started and why he became interested in the dog's ability to learn. There are times when I did ...
Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog who Knows a Thousand Words is a book which chronicles Chaser’s training and her owner, John Pilley’s dog-owning history in a friendly, citizen-science sort of way. The book details how Chaser was trained from a small pup to recognize a large number of toys by ...
Amazing story about the lesser known relative of the chimpanzee, the bonobos. BEYOND fascinating and extremely informative! Thanks to Vanessa Woods wonderful book I now know about these fantastic creatures and their struggle to survive in the wild. They only live in one country, the Democratic Repub...
Format: HardbackOriginal Publication Date: 2013Genre(s): Nonfiction, Science Series: NABrian Hare is a professor at Duke University’s Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. He lists his primary research topics as Domestication, Human Cognitive Evolution, and Social Cognition. His research subjects are...
For all that I love dogs and intend to always have at least one (and preferably more) dogs, I don't actually read many books about dogs and their behaviour. I think it comes down to [b:The Intelligence of Dogs|396926|The Intelligence of Dogs A Guide to the Thoughts, Emotions, and Inner Lives of Ou...
Terrific book - I expected something a little more dry, but it was interesting and kept my attention all along. I expected to learn something about bonobos - but I also learned a lot about the politics and history of the Congo. Well worth reading.
Read this book, particularly if you grew up in Australia.
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