02743cam a2200325 4500 759203930 TxAuBib 20170313120000.0 170227t20172016||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2016043150 9781410495648 lg. print : alk. paper 1410495647 lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Horowitz, Alexandra. Being a dog [Large Type Book] : following the dog into a world of smell / Alexandra Horowitz. Large print ed. Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning, 2017. ©2016. 467 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction "Alexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ the nose and how we humans can put our under-used sense of smell to work in surprising ways. To a dog, there is no such thing as fresh air. Every breath of air is loaded with information. In Being a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz, a research scientist in the field of dog cognition and the author of the runaway bestseller Inside of a Dog, unpacks the mystery of a dog's world view as has never been done before. With her family dogs, Finnegan and Upton, leading the way, Horowitz sets off on a quest to make sense of scents, combining a personal journey of smelling with a tour through the cutting edge and improbable science behind the olfactory powers of the dog. From revealing the spectacular biology of the dog snout, to speaking to other cognitive researchers and smell experts across the country, to visiting detection-dog training centers and even attempting to smell-train her own nose, Horowitz covers the topic of noses both canine and human from surprising, novel, and always fascinating angles. As we come to understand how complex the world around us appears to the canine nose, Horowitz changes our perspective on dogs forever. Readers will finish this book feeling that they have smelled into a fourth dimension breaking free of human constraints and understanding smell as never before; that they have, however fleetingly, been a dog"--Provided by the publisher. 20170313. Dogs Psychology. Dogs Sense organs. Nose. Smell. Perception in animals. Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction. RV8