You know how some folks say that their dog can tell when a person just isn’t right? I’ve heard a lot of folks talk about how they trust their pup’s instincts about strangers. If the dog doesn’t like a. . .
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Scientists seem to be spending a lot of time studying dogs these days. We’ve posted a couple of times about the lab at the Duke Canine Cognition Center at Duke University, and we’ve. . .
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This fascinating video, and the accompanying article on CNET, reveal some fascinating facts about the ways that our best friends experience the world through smells: . . .
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We all talk to our dogs, all day long. Go get the ball! Off the couch! Do you need to go out? But how much of what we say do they actually understand? I would guess that most dog owners overestimate the effectiveness of specific words, but. . .
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It’s a commonplace remark that many people and their dogs look alike, but how could this be actually true? Some scientists in Japan decided to try to find out. What they. . .
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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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Well, it looks like there really is such as thing as a dog person.
Humans who share their homes with canines also share the similar bacterial houseguests on their skin, ecologists Tuesday in the. . .
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