Being A Dog

  • Author: Alexandra Horowitz
  • Narrator: Alexandra Horowitz
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 9:08:13
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Synopsis

From the #1 bestselling author of Inside of a Dog—“an incredible journey into the olfactory world of man’s best friend” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Alexandra Horowitz’s follow-up to her New York Times bestseller explains how dogs experience the world through their most spectacular organ—the nose.

In her “fascinating book…Horowitz combines the expertise of a scientist with an easy, lively writing style” (The New York Times Book Review) as she imagines what it is like to be a dog. Guided by her own dogs, Finnegan and Upton, Horowitz sets off on a quest through the cutting-edge science behind the olfactory abilities of the dog. In addition to speaking to cognitive researchers and smell experts, Horowitz visits detection-dog trainers and training centers; she meets researchers working with dogs to detect cancerous cells and anticipate epileptic seizure or diabetic shock; and she even attempts to smell-train her own nose.

As we come to understand how rich, complex, and exciting the world around us is to the canine nose, Horowitz changes our perspective on dogs forever. Readers will finish this book feeling that they have broken free of their human constraints and understanding smell as never before; that they have, for however fleetingly, been a dog. And, as The Boston Globe says about Being a Dog, “becoming more doglike, not surprisingly, can make anyone’s life a little more vivid.”

Chapters

  • BeingADog 01 Title

    Duration: 31s
  • BeingADog 02 Ch1

    Duration: 09min
  • BeingADog 03 Ch2

    Duration: 50min
  • BeingADog 04 Ch3

    Duration: 56min
  • BeingADog 05 Ch4

    Duration: 37min
  • BeingADog 06 Ch5

    Duration: 43min
  • BeingADog 07 Ch6

    Duration: 54min
  • BeingADog 08 Ch7

    Duration: 56min
  • BeingADog 09 Ch8

    Duration: 53min
  • BeingADog 10 Ch9

    Duration: 01h12min
  • BeingADog 11 Ch10

    Duration: 01h15min
  • BeingADog 12 Ch11

    Duration: 27min
  • BeingADog 13 Ch12

    Duration: 08min
  • BeingADog 14 Credits

    Duration: 57s