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The Genius of Dogs

How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

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The Genius of Dogs

By: Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
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The perfect gift for dog lovers and readers of Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz—this New York Times bestseller offers mesmerizing insights into the thoughts and lives of our smartest and most beloved pets.

Does your dog feel guilt? Is she pretending she can't hear you? Does she want affection—or just your sandwich? In their New York Times bestselling book Th­e Genius of Dogs, husband and wife team Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods lay out landmark discoveries from the Duke Canine Cognition Center and other research facilities around the world to reveal how your dog thinks and how we humans can have even deeper relationships with our best four-legged friends.

Breakthroughs in cognitive science have proven dogs have a kind of genius for getting along with people that is unique in the animal kingdom. This dog genius revolution is transforming how we live and work with dogs of all breeds, and what it means for you in your daily life with your canine friend.

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Scientific Research • Evolutionary Insights • Easy Listening Voice • Informative Content • Fascinating Experiments

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If you are a lover of fog flesh this is a book you must read. It will help to distinguish between bad behavior and doggy behavior. You will be gripped with the complexity of these fine creatures. Before the book I was pretty convinced that God absolutely had his best day when he made th dog. Now I am carry sin of it.

Excellent book

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I learned a lot from listening to this book. Very easy to listen to and very well written.
I highly recommend this book.

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Compared to famous authors like Gladwell it would be hard for a PhD writing even passionately, to
match that level. But it is a decent listen per my dogs Kris & Farley who give it 8 paws up as I listened while on walks.

Love my dogs just liked this book

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excellent book but for my purposes...i skipped most of part 2 and would have skipped part 1...part 3 really got to what i was looking for...not saying the first 2 parts weren't informative but again for my interest...they were far too detailed...

very informative...

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Wonderful book on the recent research on canine intelligence and how they processes information. Just confirms what I have know these 60 long years....but no one believed. A little tangental at times but still a good read.

For those that need to know more about there canine friends....

I now know what I thought all along...

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