Horowitz, who runs the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College, is the author of The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves Puppies aren’t born barking, just as children aren’t born chattering.
Americans spent $136.8 billion on their pets in 2022, up from $123.6 billion in 2021, according to the American Pet Products Association. Half of these pet-owning households are run by millennials and ...