The Genius of Dogs Quotes

“During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, doctors recommended lapdogs as a cure for various ladies’ illnesses. For example, holding a dog to the bosom was supposedly a good cure for a weak stomach.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

“Consider Steve Jobs. One biographer said, “Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead he was a genius.” Jobs dropped out of college, went to find himself in India, and at one point was forced out of Apple, the company he co-founded, when sales were slow in 1985. Few would have predicted the level of his success by his death. “Think different” became the slogan of a multinational monolith that fused art and technology under his guidance. Jobs may have been average or unexceptional in many domains, but his vision and ability to think differently made him a genius.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“Openness (artistic, curious, imaginative, with a wide range of interests) Conscientiousness (efficient, organized, responsible, ambitious, able to delay gratification) Extroversion (assertive, energetic, enthusiastic, finds the company of others stimulating) Agreeableness (forgiving, generous, kind, considerate toward others) Neuroticism (anxious, tense, sensitive to criticism, moody)”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“It's always a little nerve-wracking when everybody agrees.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs - Discovering the Unique Intelligence of Man's Best Friend

“For hundreds of years, there have been stories of heroic Lassie-type dogs (and at least one kangaroo) running to fetch help when their owners are in trouble. To fetch help, Lassie needs to understand that she needs to inform other people of the emergency because only she saw it. This may not come as a surprise, but based on the first generation of experiments, it is unlikely your dog, no matter how much of a dog genius they are, has the cognitive abilities to do this.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

“I am not so interested in fancy tricks and what dogs can be trained to do. Instead, I love seeing what dogs do when they see a problem for the first time. What do they understand about the problem? What kind of intelligence will they display? What skills will they use to solve it?”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

“Experiments can be viewed as a microscope into other minds. Behavior that appears to be the same between two individuals or two species can be driven by different types of cognition.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“In another study, neuroscientists found that London taxi drivers had a higher density of neurons in an area of the brain called the hippocampus. The hippocampus is involved in navigation, and a higher density of neurons means more storage capacity and faster processing. This gives taxi drivers unusual abilities in solving new spatial problems requiring navigation between landmarks.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“ago—the list goes on. If you have a good memory in one of these areas, it does not necessarily mean your other types of memory are equally as good.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“GENIUS IN DOGS?”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“Clickers do help, but we need to determine exactly when they help and why. I suspect that rather than helping dogs learn faster, clickers make people better trainers. Using a clicker might help owners reward their dogs more consistently or even make owners fell like they have more control during training. We need more research to know for sure.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

“Rogue River, in Eugene, Oregon,”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“Dogs had independently evolved to be cognitively more similar to us than we were to our closest relatives.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“One of the most famous dogs in Chinese history was from the eighth century. The emperor was playing chess with a prince and losing badly. His favorite concubine, legendary for her beauty, was watching discreetly in the distance with her little dog called Wo. Seeing her master losing face, she let Wo run onto the chessboard and knock over all the pieces. The emperor was delighted.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

“Chimpanzees are so skilled at working together to hunt down other chimpanzees that lethal intergroup aggression, or murder, is among the leading causes of mortality in wild chimpanzees.”
― Brian Hare, The Genius of Dogs