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Informationen zum Autor Dr. John Bradshaw (he/him) is an anthrozoologist, animal welfare scientist, and Director of the Anthrozoology Institute at the University of Bristol. He is also a New York Times bestselling author. Clare Elsom (she/her) is an illustrator and author, and the creator of the Harriet & Horace series . She has illustrated dozens of children’s books and has been a guest at multiple literary festivals. Klappentext "Perceptive and engaging—essential reading for anyone seeking greater understanding of their four-legged best friends."— Kirkus , starred review. Featuring fun illustrations and easy how-tos from animal expert Dr. John Bradshaw! Uncovering the secret lives of pets, Dr. John Bradshaw invites young readers to learn more about their closest companions: their dogs! Told from the point of view of Rusty the Terrier, this lively, illustrated book gives kids a front-seat view to the everyday lives of dogs, sharing lessons and growing children into the best pet owners they can be. Leseprobe Rusty Meet Rusty Barker . He’s a terrier, a kind of dog whose original purpose was to keep rats away from farms and houses. These days most terriers are just household pets, but they still know how to sniff out a rat! Of course, Rusty’s not his real name, because he’s a dog. When dogs are talking to each other, they use smell-names, not sound-names. But he knows that when humans say “Rusty,” that means him , so that’s what he answers to. Smells, Smells, Smells What’s it like being a dog like Rusty? It’s not like being a grown-up. It’s not like being a child. It’s not like being an alien, either. Dogs are like us in a lot of ways. They can see, hear, and feel most things that we can. But they also have a superpower: their sense of smell. That’s why they sniff things all the time. Most animals live somewhere in the World of Smells. You and I live in the World, which is everything we can see. Dogs, cats, mice, snakes, ants, moths, and lots of other animals mostly live in the World of Smells, which is the same World as ours, but much, much stinkier. It’s full of poo smells, pee smells, leaf smells, sweaty foot smells, and loads of other stinks that we don’t even have names for, because our noses aren’t as smart as theirs. The first thing humans notice is usually what things look like. But dogs mostly care about what things smell like. That’s why you like watching TV and YouTube, and dogs don’t. YouTube for dogs would have to literally be a tube with stinky smells coming out of it all the time. Yuck , you’re thinking. That would mean that YouTube for dogs would make your house stink like a gigantic fart. But actually, it wouldn’t have to, because dogs’ noses are so sensitive that they’d only need a tiny amount of each smell, such a small amount that you wouldn’t even know it was there. A dog’s eyesight isn’t as good as yours, and they couldn’t care less if something is pink or blue, just so long as it smells interesting. That’s why the pictures in this book are in black and white, because that’s roughly how dogs see things. Smells are their colors. Their sense of smell isn’t magic, it’s just a way of experiencing the world differently to you. Put it another way: Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. You know how to use the TV remote, don’t you? (OK, probably better than your parents do.) You can’t actually see the remote talking to the TV, but it must because the TV does what the remote tells it to do. The remote talks to the TV using infrared light, a kind of light that your eyes can’t see. Well, that’s a bit like how smells are for dogs. There are loads of smells that dogs find really exciting, but we have no clue about, because they are just too w...
