Alexandra Horowitz

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
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Lena DunhamFirst to rec“Ever wondered what your dog is thinking when they stop to inscrutably inhale from a puddle of urine with the enthusiasm of a coke fiend just before the bar closes? Alexandra Horowitz’s deeply researched and amusingly written book has the answers (spoiler: piss sniffing is more akin to reading a Facebook page than it is to testing a perfume sample.) Horowitz makes thoughtful arguments against anthropomorphizing our pets, instead encouraging us to love them for what they are: creatures with their own set of complex and well-honed instincts, goals and yes, even dreams.”
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