Informationen zum Autor The author or editor of thirty books, Marc Bekoff, PhD, is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a former Guggenheim fellow. The author of ten books and hundreds of articles, Jessica Pierce, PhD, is faculty affiliate at the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Klappentext An acclaimed animal-behavior expert and a leading bioethicist present practical tips to improve dogs' lives by understanding their true natures Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Canine Captives What Does "Being Captive" Mean? Unleashing Dogs, Enhancing Freedoms Becoming Fluent in Dog Walking in Their Paws Giving Dogs the Best Possible Lives Part Two: The Field Guide to Freedoms: Exercising and Enhancing the Senses SMELL Sniffing Peeing Rolling in Stinky Stuff Scent Identity: Dog perfumes, shampoos, deodorants Olfactory Overload: Can there be too much of a good thing? Butts: A critical canine communication center Burps, Gas, and Dog Breath TASTE Let Them Eat Pasta A Detour into the Dog's "Second Nose" Eating Gross Stuff: Tasting the Wild Drooling The Joys of Working for Food How Food Is Offered Obesity Chewing TOUCH Mediating How Dogs Sense the World Through Touch: Walking, Collaring, Leashing Walking as Shared Time, Mutual Tolerance, or Power Struggle Off Leash Time Friends Petting Hugging and Licking Whiskers Together Time Alone Time SIGHT Dog-Dog Interactions Tales about Tails Losing a Tail Speaking with Ears Emotionally Intelligent Dogs Your Dog Is Watching You HEARING Barks and Growls Whining and Whimpering Baby-talking Our Dogs Quiet Time Noise Phobias Audible for Dogs Play: A Kaleidoscope of the Senses The State and Future of Dogs Acknowledgements Bibliography Notes ...

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The author or editor of thirty books, Marc Bekoff, PhD, is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a former Guggenheim fellow. The author of ten books and hundreds of articles, Jessica Pierce, PhD, is faculty affiliate at the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities.

Klappentext

An acclaimed animal-behavior expert and a leading bioethicist present practical tips to improve dogs’ lives by understanding their true natures

Inhalt

**Part One: Canine Captives

What Does "Being Captive" Mean?
Unleashing Dogs, Enhancing Freedoms
Becoming Fluent in Dog
Walking in Their Paws
Giving Dogs the Best Possible Lives

Part Two: The Field Guide to Freedoms: Exercising and Enhancing the Senses

** SMELL

Sniffing
Peeing
Rolling in Stinky Stuff
Scent Identity: Dog perfumes, shampoos, deodorants
Olfactory Overload: Can there be too much of a good thing?
Butts: A critical canine communication center
Burps, Gas, and Dog Breath

TASTE

Let Them Eat Pasta
A Detour into the Dog's "Second Nose"
Eating Gross Stuff: Tasting the Wild
Drooling
The Joys of Working for Food
How Food Is Offered
Obesity
Chewing

TOUCH

Mediating How Dogs Sense the World Through Touch: Walking, Collaring, Leashing
Walking as Shared Time, Mutual Tolerance, or Power Struggle
Off Leash Time
Friends
Petting
Hugging and Licking
Whiskers
Together Time
Alone Time

SIGHT

Dog-Dog Interactions
Tales about Tails
Losing a Tail
Speaking with Ears
Emotionally Intelligent Dogs
Your Dog Is Watching You

HEARING

Barks and Growls
Whining and Whimpering
Baby-talking Our Dogs
Quiet Time
Noise Phobias
Audible for Dogs

Play: A Kaleidoscope of the Senses
The State and Future of Dogs
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Notes