Research
The science of emotions
Being a great pet owner is to better understand their mind and our own. One topic hotly debated by owners for centuries is whether our four-legged friends experience emotions. During the 17th century, Descartes (1596-1650) suggested humans were creatures of…
Poop-eating habits in dogs
One of the most common problems owners speak to me about is their dog’s habit of eating poop. Known as…
Sizing up the competition via scent
Urine marking is the canine equivalent of a graffiti artist leaving a tag to mark their territory. Not only does scent…
Calming effects of music during animal surgeries
Over the years, various studies (Wells et al., 2002; Kogan et al., 2012) have illustrated the positive benefits music therapy has…
Earliest artwork of dogs found dating at least 8,000 years
The debate about when dogs were domesticated has raged for years with commentators suggesting anywhere between 10,000 to 30,000+ years…
Genetic variants may explain why dogs are friendly to humans
In recent years, advances in genetic research have led to the discovery of genes involved in dog traits that include;…
Sniffing out Parkinson’s disease
The research charity Medical Detection Dogs is partnering with Manchester University to determine whether dogs can sniff out Parkinson’s disease.…
Domestic violence and its links with pets
In 2016, The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) released figures that showed an estimated 1.8 million adults aged 16…
Deception in dogs
A new study by Heberlein et al. (2017) suggests dogs have the ability to deceive. Honesty in animal signals is…
Oldest evidence of the human-canine relationship
When a puppy was found buried with a human skeleton in 1978 at a site called Ain Mallaha in Israel,…
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