How dogs work
By: Raymond Coppinger, Mark Feinstein ; foreword by Gordon M. Burghardt
Contributors: Feinstein, Mark H., author
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780226128139
Subjects: Dogs; Behavior; Canis
Description: Two experts, drawing on decades of research and field experiments, unlock the origins of many of our dogs most common, most puzzling and most endearing behaviors, and explore such canine mysteries as why dogs play, why they bark, how they feed and forage, why they guard and herd and much more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: What are dogs like?; title: What makes ethologists tick?; title: The shape of a dog is what makes it tick; title: The shape of behavior; title: The rules of foraging; title: Intrinsic behavior; title: Accommodation and behavior; title: Emergent behavior; title: Play; title: Minding the dog.