This cutting-edge science narrative, chock-full of heartwarming case studies, is one woman’s quest to learn the true meaning of dog intelligence.This delightful narrative takes readers on a powerful search to unlock the secrets of dog cognition, based on evidence from trainers, owners, behaviorists, and the animals themselves. With in-depth reporting and more than a few personal adventures, bestselling author Jennifer S. Holland digs into what intelligence really means.Readers will meet a pack of genius dogs, each of whom embodies a particular kind of smarts. Holland spends time with Cat Warren, who trains cadaver dogs, to learn about and “nose intelligence.” To unpack emotional intelligence, she examines an unlikely dog friendship; to unpack task learning ability, she seeks out an agility trainer. She interviews police-dog trainers (volunteering to be attacked by one in the name of science), service-dog trainers, and trainers who rehabilitates and “bad and ” dogs. And she gets to know breeds that are considered especially intelligent–border collies, cattle dogs, and German shepherds–to discover whether they are truly and “smarter, and ” or just more in tune with humans.In between field experiences, Holland spends time with dogs in a variety of settings–a rescue center, a dog park, a boarding facility– while pondering the lessons they teach us about ourselves. And she’ll pose entrancing philosophical How do we define intelligence in another being? Where do and “instinct and ” and and “intelligence and ” meet and diverge?Both surprising and heartwarming, this book is one woman’s quest to understand the world’s smartest dogs–and how they got that way.

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