RR- Dog Unwelt

After reading this article, there was a lot of interesting things that I had never considered before. It’s very intriguing to try to emphasize the perspective of a dog, and how due to their biological make-up act the way they do, and why they do the things that they do. The way they process smell and how time relates to their sense of smell was very fascinating. The way they can inhale more air before having to exhale was something I had never considered before, however it makes more sense when I see my dog sniffing everything in the park while constantly moving. Also it was very interesting to read how the dog’s sense of time is related to how they perceive human facial expressions. But it makes a lot of sense when I reflect how playing catch with my dog, affected the way he acted as well as his own facial expressions. Once I picked up the ball, his ears would raise up and eyes would widen, and as soon as I released the ball and threw, it his ears would down again, and he would already be moving towards the direction of where the ball was thrown. I really enjoyed this article because it provided a lot of good insight into the minds and anatomical make-up of dogs and how it relates with how they interact with the environment and other organisms around them.

-Chris L.