A Dog''s World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans

From two of the worlds leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without people

What would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive on their own without us? A Dogs World imagines a posthuman future for dogs, revealing how dogs would surviveand possibly even thriveand explaining how this new and revolutionary perspective can guide how we interact with dogs now.

Drawing on biology, ecology, and the latest findings on the lives and behavior of dogs and their wild relatives, Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekofftwo of todays most innovative thinkers about dogsexplore who dogs might become without direct human intervention into breeding, arranged playdates at the dog park, regular feedings, and veterinary care. Pierce and Bekoff show how dogs are quick learners who are highly adaptable and opportunistic, and they offer compelling evidence that dogs already do survive on their ownand could do so in a world without us.

Challenging the notion that dogs would be helpless without their human counterparts, A Dogs World enables us to understand these independent and remarkably intelligent animals on their own terms.