Prelude                                            1  (12)
      A prefatory note on the dog, training,
      and owners
      Calling a dog "the dog"
      Training dogs
      The dog and his owner
    Umwelt: From the Dog's Point of Nose           13 (20)
      Take my raincoat. Please
      A tick's view of the world
      Putting our umwelt caps on
      The meaning of things
      Asking dogs
      Dog Kisses
      Dogologist
    Belonging to the House                         33 (34)
      How to make a dog: Step-by-step
      instructions
      How wolves became dogs
      Unwolfy
      And then our eyes met...
      Fancy dogs
      The one difference between breeds
      Animals with an asterisk
      Canis unfamiliaris
      Making your dog
    Sniff                                          67 (22)
      Sniffers
      The nose nose
      The vomeronasal nose
      The brave smell of a stone
      The smelly ape
      You showed fear
      The smell of disease
      The smell of a dog
      Leaves and grass
      Brambish and brunky
    Mute                                           89 (32)
      Out loud
      Dog-eared
      The opposite of mute
      Whimpers, growls, squeaks, and chuckles
      Woof
      Body and tail
      Inadvertent and intent
    Dog-eyed                                       121(18)
      Eyes of the ball-holder
      Go get the ball!
      Go get the green ball!
      Go get the green bouncing ball ... on the
      TV!
      Visual umwelt
    Seen by a Dog                                  139(22)
      The eyes of a child
      The attention of animals
      Mutual gaze
      Gaze following
      Attention-getting
      Showing
      Manipulating attention
    Canine Anthropologists                         161(14)
      Dogs' psychic powers deconstructed
      Reading us
      All about you
    Noble Mind                                     175(34)
      Dog smarts
      Learning from others
      Puppy see, puppy do
      More human than bird
      Theory of mind
      Theory of dog mind
      Playing into mind
      What happened to the Chihuahua
      Non-human
    Inside of a Dog                                209(50)
      I What a dog knows
      Dog days (About time)
      The inner dog (About themselves)
      Dog years (About their past and future)
      Good dog (About right and wrong)
      A dog's age (About emergencies and death)
      II What it is like
      It is close to the ground ...
      ... It is lickable ...
      ... It either fits in the mouth or it's
      too big for the mouth ...
      ... It is full of details ...
      ... It is in the moment ...
      ... it is fleeting and fast ...
      ... It is written all over their faces ...
    You Had Me at Hello                            259(24)
      Bondables
      Touching animals
      At hello
      The dance
      The bond effect
    The Importance of Mornings                     283(16)
      Go for a "smell walk"
      Train thoughtfully
      Allow for his dogness
      Consider the source
      Give him something to do
      Play with him
      Look again
      Spy on him
      Don't bathe your dog every day
      Read the dog's tells
      Pet friendly
      Get a mutt
      Anthropomorphize with umwelt in mind
Postscript: Me and My Dog                          299(4)
Notes and Sources                                  303(30)
Acknowledgments                                    333(2)
Index                                              335