What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs Hardcover - 2013 - 1st Edition
by Warren, Cat
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- Title What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs
- Author Warren, Cat
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone, 5-18
- Date 2013-10-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # J12R-00892
- ISBN 9781451667318 / 1451667310
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.3 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.30 cm)
- Reading level 860
- Library of Congress subjects Working dogs, Search dogs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013012006
- Dewey Decimal Code 636.708
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Summary
Solo has a fine nose and knows how to use it, but heâÈçs only one of many thousands of working dogs all over the United States and beyond. In What the Dog Knows, Warren uses her ongoing work with Solo as a way to explore a captivating field that includes cadaver dogs, drug- and bomb-detecting K9s, tracking and apprehension dogsâÈ'even dogs who can locate unmarked graves of Civil War soldiers and help find drowning victims more than two hundred feet below the surface of a lake. Working dogsâÈç abilities may seem magical or mysterious, but Warren shows the multifaceted science, the rigorous training, and the skilled handling that underlie the amazing abilities of dogs who work with their noses.
Warren interviews cognitive psychologists, historians, medical examiners, epidemiologists, and forensic anthropologists, as well as the breeders, trainers, and handlers who work with and rely on these remarkable and adaptable animals daily. Along the way, she discovers story after story that proves the impressive capabilitiesâÈ'as well as the very real limitsâÈ'of working dogs and their human partners. Clear-eyed and unsentimental, Warren explains why our partnership with dogs is woven into the fabric of society and why we keep finding new uses for their wonderful noses.
