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How Dogs Think.


How Dogs Think

Stanley Coren

The Free Press

1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020

0743222326 $26.00 www.simonsays.com

It's been said dogs personify per·son·i·fy  
tr.v. per·son·i·fied, per·son·i·fy·ing, per·son·i·fies
1. To think of or represent (an inanimate object or abstraction) as having personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living being:
 all virtues of humans without vices, and many a book has been written on the topic of canine canine
 or canid

Any domestic or wild dog or doglike mammal (e.g., wolf, jackal, fox) in the family Canidae, found throughout the world except in Antarctica and on most ocean islands.
 attributes; but none come so close to analyzing the canine thought process as Stanley Coren's How Dogs Think: Understanding The Canine Mind, written by a dog psychologist psy·chol·o·gist
n.
A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy.


psychologist 
 who is one of the modern discoverers of dog psychology. Dr. Coren provides entertaining and observational works to back scholarly analysis of dog interpretations of their world: any pet owner will find his analysis astute as·tute  
adj.
Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. See Synonyms at shrewd.



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