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3. Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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How Does a Dog Communicate With Us?

The Havanese is very far from her wolfy roots, but you do write in your book that among adult wolves, quote, a chorus of howling may help coordinate their travels and strengthens their attachment. Is it possible that little 11-pound fife is trying to do something like that with the ambulance? What's going on there? Any idea? Getting back to her ambulance roots. Yes,. I think that's what she's doing. I think that she's kind of howling with the pack, essentially. It's very delightful. So dogs plainly can't speak, at least not the way humans speak, but how much and how well do they communicate to humans if you know

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