![]() ![]() ![]() A dog’s sensitivity to smells is many millions of times better than a human’s, and Horowitz says it is this ability that has played a major part in bolstering the dog-human relationship over time. Looking at a dog, it is not rocket science to determine that the nose plays an important role - hence its prominence on the dog’s face. Humans took nearly 2 million years to morph from Homo habilis to Homo sapiens, but the wolf leapfrogged into dogness in a fraction of the time.” ![]() “The change from wolf to dog was striking in its speed. With this beginning framework in mind, she says it is important to remember when gathering data that dogs are neither wolves nor humans, but they have often been treated as such, when in reality they are an example of evolution on hyperdrive. But, Horowitz says, focusing on the two most crucial pieces of how a dog interprets the world is a good starting place, and this means a real examination of a dog’s senses of smell and hearing. Determining a dog’s perspective of the world - without a human slant being interwoven - is a challenge. Crucial is the understanding of what each species perceives and how it acts within its own “self-worlds,” or “umwelts,” a term she references often. ![]()
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