No matter how cushy their lives, dogs live on our terms. They compromise their freedom and instinctual pleasure, as well as their innate strategies for coping with stress and anxiety, in exchange for the love, comfort, and care they get from us. But it is possible to let dogs be dogs without wreaking havoc on our lives, as biologist Marc Bekoff and bioethicist Jessica Pierce show in this fascinating book. They begin by illuminating the true nature of dogs and helping us “walk in their paws.” They reveal what smell, taste, touch, sight, and hearing mean to dogs and then guide readers through everyday ways of enhancing dogs’ freedom in safe, mutually happy ways. The rewards, they show, are great for dog and human alike.
Содержание
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
Об авторе
The author or editor of thirty books,
Marc Bekoff, Ph D, 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, Ph D, is faculty affiliate at the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities.
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