Gemischtes Doppel

We give our dogs human names and Twitter accounts, invest a lot of money in food and accessories, and consider them family members - and yet we often tie our animal companions down all too easily with the bond we forge between us. We talk to them, but we don't listen. We look at them, but we don't see them. As a dog researcher and as a person who loves and lives with dogs, Alexandra Horowitz explores in this book what science tells us about dogs as animals and about our selves. Beyond the science, she looks at what human foibles and cultural rules reveal about the dog-human bond and how they limit it. Dogs do a lot of good for people; the reverse is not always true. In fact, our relationship with dogs is sometimes contradictory, surprising, strange, or even disturbing, such as when we use torture breeding to harm the creatures we actually love. This book provides food for thought on how we live with our dogs in the here and now and how we can better relate to them in the future. In a smart and witty way, the New York Times bestselling author makes the reader smile again and again with anecdotes from the shared existence of dogs and humans.