Puppy Kindergarten

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Genius of Dogs take us into their 'Puppy Kindergarten' at Duke University, a center to study how puppies develop, to show us what goes in to raising a great dog. 'A firehose of knowledge suffused with levity and charm.'--Alexandra Horowitz, author of Inside of a Dog What does it take to raise a great dog? This was the question that husband-and-wife team Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods hoped to answer when they enrolled one hundred and one puppies in the Duke Puppy Kindergarten. With the help of a retired service dog named Congo, Brian, Vanessa, and their team set out to understand the secrets of the puppy mind: What factors might predict whether a puppy will grow up to change someone's life? Never has cuteness been so cutting edge. Applying the same games that psychologists use when exploring the development of young children, Hare and Woods uncover what happens in a puppy's mind during their final stage of rapid brain development. Follow the