From the #1 bestselling author of Within a Dog-“an unbelievable journey into the olfactory globe of man’s best friend” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Alexandra Horowitz’s follow-up to her New York Times bestseller clarifies how dogs go through the world through their most spectacular organ-the nasal area.

In her “fascinating book…Horowitz combines the expertise of a scientist with a straightforward, lively writing style” (The New York Times Book Review) as she imagines what it really is like to be a dog. Led by her very own about Being a Puppy canines, Finnegan and Upton, Horowitz cause on a quest through the cutting-edge science behind the olfactory capabilities of your dog. In addition to talking with cognitive experts and smell specialists, Horowitz trips detection-dog instructors and schooling centers; she fits researchers dealing with canines to detect cancerous cells and anticipate epileptic seizure or diabetic surprise; and she also efforts to smell-train her personal nose.

As we come to understand how rich, complicated, and exciting the world around us is to the canine nasal area, Horowitz changes our perspective on canines forever. Visitors will end this book feeling that they have damaged free of their human constraints and understanding smell as nothing you’ve seen prior; they have, for nevertheless fleetingly, been a puppy. And, as The Boston Globe says about Being truly a Dog, “becoming more doglike, and in addition, can make anyone’s life a bit more vivid.”