The New Science of Raising a Great Dog

What does it take to raise a great dog? This was the question that Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods hoped to answer when they enrolled one hundred and one puppies in the Duke Puppy Kindergarten. Applying the same games that psychologists use when exploring the development of young children, they uncover what happens in a puppy’s mind during their final stage of rapid brain development.

Learn about when puppies finally start to retain memories for longer than just a few seconds, or when they finally develop some self-control. Raising dozens of puppies on a college campus means you get pretty good at answering big questions, such as: When do puppies sleep through the night? How do you stop them from eating poop? How can we help our puppies grow up to be the best dogs they can possibly be? Never has cuteness been so cutting edge.

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Dr. Brian Hare is a professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, where he founded the Duke Canine Cognition Center. Hare and Dr. Vanessa Woods are the authors of Puppy Kindergarten, Survival of the Friendliest, and the New York Times bestseller The Genius of Dogs.

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