Inside the Dog. What They See, Feel, and Know

The focus is on the subjective world of the dog, which Alexandra Horowitz describes through the concept of umwelt. It discusses what the animal notices in its environment, how it navigates through smells, sounds, and movements, and how it perceives time, people, and other animals. The author analyzes the most ordinary everyday situations and explains that for a dog, they are arranged quite differently than for a human. A separate section is devoted to the discussion of how misunderstandings arise in interpreting dog behavior when a person attributes their own thoughts and motives to the pet.