We’ve all been there: you’re all dressed up for work or a special event, and your dog decides it’s the perfect time to shake itself dry. Splattered with water from head to toe, all you can do is laugh. But to a dog—as well as other. . .
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Matthew Gilbert, who writes for the Boston Globe, became a dog owner last year, and his new book, Off the Leash is about his indoctrination in his neighborhood dog park. In an. . .
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Dog owners often brag about how “smart” their dogs are, but what do they really mean? Here’s a video that explores that question, comparing canine intelligence to that of other members of the animal kingdom. The findings are quite startling, and they suggest that dogs’ brains may have evolved specifically to. . .
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The furniture in your home is designed with human comfort in mind, but dogs are quite built like us. The BarkPost has pulled together 20 great photos of dogs using our furniture in often unique and bizarre ways. Who are we to. . .
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A couple summer ago, we posted about a humorous tumblr site called “Dog Shaming,” which has since blossomed into a big, fancy website…
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We’ve posted a couple of times about scientists are using MRO brain scans to gain a better understanding of how dogs’ minds work. (See here and here.) A new article on wired.com describes some remarkable results from. . .
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Most dogs are naughty sometimes, but the folks at dogster.com have come up with a list of what they consider the naughtiest breeds. What do you think of. . .
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I’m sure you’ve heard the argument before: your dog doesn’t really love you; he just acts that way because you feed him. But we know better, and now some scientists at Emory University think that they are on their way to proving this in the. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Dr. Bo Bergman, DVM
Greetings Orvis animal lovers! I’m Dr. Bo Bergman, a companion-animal veterinarian in Bennington, Vermont—just a few miles south of the Orvis home office. My wife, Megan, often refers to me as. . .
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