The behavioural biology of dogs

Beginning with excellent chapters on the evolution and domestication of dogs, the book delves into the genetics underlying behaviour, the relative importance of different senses, and learning and memory. This book is an easy read, and probably will be much appreciated among dog lovers and some students of behavioural biology. Recommended.The Behavioural Biology of Dogs fills an important niche. Carles Vilà and Jennifer Leonard… offer an excellent discussion of the molecular methods to study dog origins… and… the book really hits its stride with Dorit Feddersen-Petersens discussion of characteristic patterns of social behaviour.