The Truth About Dogs: The Ancestry, Social Conventions, Mental Habits and Moral Fibre of Canis familiaris

The Truth About Dogs: The Ancestry, Social Conventions, Mental Habits and Moral Fibre of Canis familiaris

by StephenBudiansky (Author)

Synopsis

This text offers an iconoclastic reassessment of accepted ideas about canine intelligence and emotions. The author draws upon recent psychological and neuroscience research to show how the apparent intelligence differences between dog breeds are to do with temperament and training.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Edition: 1st Uk Edition
Publisher: W&N
Published: 11 Jan 2001

ISBN 10: 0297646508
ISBN 13: 9780297646501

Author Bio
Stephen Budiansky, scientist, author, journalist and dog lover, is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly. He has written about science and nature for many publications, including the Economist, Science and the New York Times, and is a former Washington Editor of Nature. He lives with his wife and two children on a small farm in Virginia.