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Canine Confidential Why Dogs Do What They Do
ISBN: PB: 9780226755694, ISBN: HB: 9780226433035, University of Chicago Press, October 2020
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones
For all the love and attention we give dogs,  much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: We have a good understanding of what it means when dogs wag their tails – but what about when they snif...
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How Dogs Work
ISBN: PB: 9780226637761, ISBN: HB: 9780226128139, University of Chicago Press, April 2019
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 colour plates, 41 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables
How well do we really know dogs? People may enjoy thinking about them as "man's best friend", but what actually drives the things they do? What is going on in their fur-covered heads as they look at us with their big, expressive eyes? Raymond Copping...
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Secrets of the Snout The Dog's Incredible Nose
ISBN: HB: 9780226536361, University of Chicago Press, April 2018
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 tables
Dogs and humans have worked side by side for thousands of years, and over the millennia we've come to depend upon our pooches as hunters, protectors, and faithful companions. But when it comes to the extraordinary quality of man's best friend which w...
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What Is a Dog?
ISBN: PB: 9780226478227, ISBN: HB: 9780226127941, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 colour plates, 13 halftones, 4 line drawings
Of the world's dogs, less than two hundred million are pets, living with humans who provide food, shelter, squeaky toys, and fashionable sweaters. But roaming the planet are five times as many dogs who are their own masters – neighborhood dogs, dump...
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Run, Spot, Run The Ethics of Keeping Pets
ISBN: HB: 9780226209890, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
A life shared with pets brings many emotions. We feel love for our companions, certainly, and happiness at the thought that we're providing them with a safe, healthy life. But there's another emotion, less often acknowledged, that can be nearly as po...
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Last Walk Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives
ISBN: PB: 9780226151007, ISBN: HB: 9780226668468, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
272 pp., 23x15 cm
From the moment when we first open our homes – and our hearts – to a new pet, we know that one day we will have to watch this beloved animal age and die. The pain of that eventual separation is the cruel corollary to the love we share with them, and...
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Skijor with Your Dog
ISBN: PB: 9781602231863, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2012
318 pp., 25x15 cm
Skijoring, or being pulled on skis by a dog in harness, is a great sport in which almost everyone – and almost any breed of dog – can participate. It requires little beyond a pair of skis and a dog with a desire to pull. The second edition of this po...
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