“Dogs are losing their noses. Other research has supported the odd and disturbing result that companion dogs are not only not using their smelling abilities to their capacity; they are forgetting how to be sniffers. In a human-defined, visual world,… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“By standard intelligence texts, the dogs have failed at the puzzle. I believe, by contrast that they have succeeded magnificently. They have applied a… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Those canids such as foxes, who do not live in a social group, appear to have a much more limited range of things to… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“in training a dog you must reward only those behaviors you desire the dog to repeat endlessly.” — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Wasser’s (conservation detection) dogs are young mixed-breeds from shelters because that's where dogs with excessive energy and borderline-obsessive personalities wind up. A dog with… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Part of seeing what is on an ordinary block is seeing that everything visible has a history. It arrived at the spot where you… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as "fresh air" to a dog. Air is rich: an olfactory tangle that the dog's nose will diligently unknot.” — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Thus, these two components—perception and action—largely define and circumscribe the world for every living thing. All animals have their own umwelten—their own subjective realities,… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“When it comes to describing our potential physical and cognitive capacities, we are individuals first, and members of the human race second.” — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“For any anthropomorphism we use to describe our dogs, we can ask two questions: One, is there a natural behavior this action might have… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Few celebrate a dog who jumps at people as they approach--but start with the premise that it is we who keep ourselves (and our… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Dogs are losing their noses. Other research has supported the odd and disturbing result that companion dogs are not only not using their smelling… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“We get distracted, have bad days, and grow sleepy; a working dog does, too. The dogs are being only human here.” — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Do not sag with exhaustion. There is no mandate; only opportunity. Our culture fosters inattention; we are all creatures of that culture. But by… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Dogs also have a higher flicker-fusion rate than humans do: seventy or even eighty cycles per second. This provides an indication why dogs have… — Alexandra Horowitz Copy Share Image
