Reviews for Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies (Second Edition)

The average rating for Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies (Second Edition) based on 1 review is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-03-03 00:00:00 Russell Palatianos This book is about a very rare subject that I happen to love and have never really found in another book--I felt like I'd discovered treasure. Many of the dog breeds we know today were created or heavily influenced by one or two eccentric, dedicated people. Usually, not much is known about them other than their names and a lot of anecdotes and myths. For this book, the author interviewed Morie Sawataishi, a man who helped save the Japanese Akita from extinction and shaped it into the dog it is now. His dogs consumed his whole life. The book is less about him than it is about his wife, and how she learned to live with and eventually respect a man who loved dogs and the Japanese wilderness more than anything else. It's beautiful, honest, and sad, and an amazing work of art.