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Dogs have a way of surprising us, and one of the quirkiest things they do is watch TV. Recent research shows that this habit ...
Dog trainers spend their days reading dog behavior like a second language. They’ve seen every leash tug, missed cue, and ...
A Dog’s Tale and didn’t tear up even a little, you might be part robot. That story, based on a real-life Japanese Akita named ...
A dog’s age and sex were often far better predictors of its behavior, and for some traits — most notably aggression — breed made no difference at all. The findings were published Thursday in ...
A study published in the journal Science in April found that breed explains just nine percent of dog behavior, after surveying more than 18,000 dogs, about half of which were purebred, and ...
Estimating the heritability of cognitive traits across dog breeds reveals highly heritable inhibitory control and communication factors. Animal Cognition 23: 953–964.
Dogs abound in admirable qualities, so I’m expecting that to bode well for my small business and for yours. In fact, my former dog Teddy landed me my first small business client.
All dog breeds have unwanted behaviour, such as noise sensitivity, aggressiveness and separation anxiety, but differences in frequency between breeds are great. Various unwanted behaviour traits ...
Brent Ruppel is director of community operations for Guide Dogs for the Blind. February 12, 2013 Originally, dogs’ forms followed their functions. Certain dogs performed better at certain ...