Melissa L. Kauffman provides an interview from the October 2018 Royal Canin Future of Animal Companionship Conference. Alexandra Horowitz and Sarah Heath spoke about the dog’s and cat’s point of view on the world and us. They were also part of the panel discussing the benefits of living with pets.
Source: Dogster, December 21, 2018. Link. Speaking to our tendency to anthropomorphize, Horowitz says, “Look at your dog as if it were an alien creature. What if you had to figure out what it was doing without already knowing everything about it?
INSIGHTS: We found the dialogue interesting. Horowitz has long been interested in understanding the umwelt <link> of another animal, and her research and writing is aimed to answer the question of what it is like to be a dog.