dogs can see some of the same things we do, but they don’t see in the way that we do. The very construction of their visual capacity explains a broad swath of dog behavior. First, with a wide visual field, they see what is around them well, but what is right in front of them less well. Their own paws are probably not in terrific focus to dogs. What wonder then how little they use their paws, relative to our reliance on the end of our forelimbs, to manipulate the world. A small change in vision leads to less reaching, grabbing, and handling.
