Puppy Kindergarten: The New Science of Raising a Great Dog

ISBN: 0593231325

Author: Hare, Brian

Condition: New

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Genius of Dogs take us into their Puppy Kindergarten at Duke University, a center to study how puppies develop, to show us what goes in to raising a great dog.Dont miss Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods in Netflixs film Inside the Mind of a Dog!A firehose of knowledge suffused with levity and charm.-Alexandra Horowitz, author of Inside of a DogWhat does it take to raise a great dog? This was the question that husband-and-wife team Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods hoped to answer when they enrolled one hundred and one puppies in the Duke Puppy Kindergarten. With the help of a retired service dog named Congo, Brian, Vanessa, and their team set out to understand the secrets of the puppy mind: What factors might predict whether a puppy will grow up to change someones life?Never has cuteness been so cutting edge. Applying the same games that psychologists use when exploring the development of young children, Hare and Woods uncover what happens in a puppys mind during their final stage of rapid brain development. Follow the adventures of Arthur, who makes friends with toy dinosaurs; Wisdom, the puppy genius; and Ying, who fails at cognitive games that even pigeons usually pass with flying colors. Along the way, learn about when puppies finally start to retain memories for longer than just a few seconds, or when they finally develop some self-control.Raising dozens of puppies on a college campus means you get pretty good at answering big questions, such as: When do puppies sleep through the night? How do you stop them from eating poop? How can we help our puppies grow up to be the best dogs they can possibly be? Whether you are a new puppy parent or a perennial puppy lover, Puppy Kindergarten will answer every question youve ever had about puppies-and some you never thought to ask.