Quote by Alexandra Horowitz

“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

“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

“in training a dog you must reward only those behaviors you desire the dog to repeat endlessly.”

— Alexandra Horowitz

“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

“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

“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

“Dim but happy”

— Alexandra Horowitz

“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

“When it comes to describing our potential physical and cognitive capacities, we are individuals first, and members of the human race second.”

— Alexandra Horowitz

“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

“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

“We get distracted, have bad days, and grow sleepy; a working dog does, too. The dogs are being only human here.”

— Alexandra Horowitz