Look Who it Was Random video

Dog Behavior and Cognition | ASUx on edX | XSeries About Video

565 views · Published 18 February 2016 · 0:59 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: edX · 2016 · Education

Watch on YouTube

Learn how dogs evolved from wolves  to man's best friend, what they understand, and how to use this knowledge to improve their lives. ↓ More info below. ↓ 

Take these courses on edX: https://www.edx.org/xseries/dog-behavior-cognition

XSeries Program Overview

The Dog Behavior and Cognition XSeries is primarily for dog trainers and behaviorists – but also for anyone who just wants to know where dogs come from and better understand what makes them tick.

This XSeries will convert you to a new way of thinking about dogs. No longer just “man’s best friend,” dogs originated as vermin, graduated to be hunters’ indispensable assistants, and today are one of the most beloved family members. 

To live and work more effectively with dogs we need to understand how their experience of the human world and ways of thinking differ from our own. This XSeries will provide the knowledge on which a richer life with dogs can be built.

DogX considers

-- the origins of dogs
-- how dogs perceive and understand the world around them, especially the human world
-- how to use this knowledge of dogs to improve dogs’ lives with us.

What You'll Learn

-- Develop your own approach to the controversies around the origins of dogs
-- Appreciate the range of roles that dogs continue to occupy
-- Distinguish fact from urban legend in the behavior and cognition of dogs
-- Use behavioral science to help dogs thrive in human environments

More from this channel