" I didn't read all the way to the end of this one, I got about 80% of the way through. It wasn't bad. She is an animal researcher and she summarizes a lot of the current research on dogs. First she goes through all the current research, then she goes through it again according to categories of things a dog knows (smell, sight, experience of time passing, etc). It's not bad, but it's a little heavy. I was also a bit turned off by the author's attitude. It's subtle, but I got the sense that she feels like she's got it all figured out and she's got the perfect relationship with her dog. Throughout the book she gives these little snippets of stories about her dog that relate to whatever that section's topic is. What bothered me about these is she's inconsistent with the tense: sometimes she's talking about her dog in the past tense (what my dog used to to) and sometimes in the present (what my dog always does). It conflicts, and it's confusing. Since I didn't read all the way to the end I don't know which one is the right tense: I don't know if the dog is still alive or has passes away. Anyway, interesting read and very good at giving the idea of how a dog perceived the world, how their senses are different from ours. A bit of a heavy read, and a little repetitive, that's why I didn't read all the way to the end. "
— Christense, 1/5/2014