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New Year, New Thinking: When Dog Training Doesn’t Transfer Beyond the Home

The New Year often feels like a natural point to take stock. For many dog owners and guardians, that means revisiting training goals and, more specifically, the behaviours that have become a source of ongoing frustration. For example, a recall…

Science of Connection – Understanding Slow Responses in Dogs

Human brains can decode language in milliseconds. Yet for dogs, it’s different. They are not processing words as we do.…

Science of Connection – the Longevity Loop

Ageing changes how dogs take in and respond to the world, and the early signs often appear in small, everyday…

Science of Connection – the Dopamine of Discovery

If you’ve seen my 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴..… series, you’ll know I enjoy pulling apart the science of why animals do the…

The Science of Connection – Synchrony

My Science of Connection series is designed to provide bite-sized information for dog owners and guardians, focusing on the biological threads that…

Do Dogs Sense Pregnancy? What The Science Tells Us About Behaviour Changes Before and After Birth

Many dog owners notice their dog acting differently during pregnancy. New research published in Anthrozoös shows that dogs often become…

How Does a Dog Dream?

When your dog twitches, paddles their paws, or gives a soft bark in their sleep, it’s natural to wonder what’s…

How Does a Dog Fart… and Why Do Some Linger?

Every dog does it. Those sudden, often silent gusts that clear a room have earned dogs quite a reputation. Flatulence…

What KPop Demon Hunters can teach us about training dogs

With youngsters at home, KPop Demon Hunters is played with the same regularity as my father would tune in to…

Is My Dog “Just Acting Out”? Why Headlines Can Mislead Us

Recently, an article popped up in my feed from Yahoo News with the headline: “Does My Dog Have Genuine Separation…