“What we’re trying to figure out is: What are dogs capable of in general as a species? Dogs have proved to be very efficient in understanding human beings, especially when it comes to pointing. “This seems really simple, but it turns out it’s not for a lot of other animals,” Buchsbaum says. It was when she was in California, that her dog Pumpkin and she were trained for a wilderness search-and-rescue team. This made her more curious to know how does the mind of a dog work, those who are domesticated.

Source: Indian Express April 02, 2019 05:48 UTC