Dr. Alexandra Horowitz Takes Us into the Canine Umwelt

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In this episode, Dr. Alexandra Horowitz discusses how dogs perceive the world and understanding what is meaningful to them. We discuss:

The concept of the umwelt and how to imagine what it's like to be a dog.
Her research at the Dog Cognition Lab in Barnard College and how she would like it to influence the way we live with dogs.
Questioning things we think we know about dogs with empirical research.
Her new book The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves

Dr. Horowitz's bio:
Dr. Alexandra Horowitz heads the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College, where she also teaches seminars in canine cognition, creative nonfiction writing, and audio storytelling. She is the author of 5 books, including Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know and, most recently, The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves. She lives with her family of Homo sapiens, Canis familiaris, and Felis catus in New York City.
Links:
Opportunities for dog caregivers to participate in research at the Dog Cognition Lab @ Barnard College
http://alexandrahorowitz.net/
Theme music composed and performed by Andy Sells

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