Dogs : man's best friend. Man's best friend - 4 videodiscs (240 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - PBS explorer collection . - PBS explorer collection. .

Title from container.

NOVA. Dogs decoded (2010) / director, Dan Child ; Dogs and more dogs (2004) / directors, Noel Buckner, Rob Whittlesey -- NOVA scienceNOW. How smart are animals? (2011) / directed by Alexis Bloom ... [et al.] -- Through a dog's eyes (2010) / produced by Margaret McEvoy ; written by Don Campbell ; directed by Peter Schnall.

Narrators: Lance Lewman (Dogs decoded), John Lithgow (Dogs and more dogs), Neil Patrick Harris (Through a dog's eyes) ; host: Neil deGrasse Tyson (How smart are animals?).

Uses science to explore the bond between dogs and humans; looks at the history of dog domestication; focuses on animal intelligence and the discovery that the dog brain is remarkably similar to a human's; examines the rearing, training, and placement of service dogs.

Not rated.


DVDs, stereo.


For private home use only.


Closed-captioned.
Visually described for the blind and visually impaired ("How smart are animals?" only).

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Dogs.
Human-animal relationships.
Human-animal communication.
Service dogs.


Science television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Nonfiction television programs.

SF426 / .D6465 2011

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