Perhaps common sense dictates that our dog companions don’t understand what is going on with the coronavirus pandemic. However, they see a great change in their lives because of the livestyle change of their human guardians who, during lockdown, are working from home full-time. It’s …
Humans have a less effective filter is selecting useful information compared to dogs as this study demonstrates. In the video you see Laurie Santos explain how humans are more trusting when instructed to do something. The child copies exactly what he was shown (and some …
Queen Elizabeth II is 94 years old and looking like she’s going to make a 100. She likes dogs particularly corgis and has owned 30 in her lifetime all of whom are believed to have been descended from Susan, a corgi given to the monarchy …
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): In a freak accident, Mrs Deborah Mary Roberts, 47, suffering from Huntington’s disease, was strangled to death when the rope leads of her two Staffordshire bull terriers became wrapped around her neck after she stumbled during a morning walk. The assistant …
Here are 22 facts about the rate at which puppies develop: Puppies are born blind and deaf Puppies vary in size and weight depending upon the breed. Dog breeds vary enormously in size and weight because of many thousands of years of selective breeding to …
MERTHYR TYDFIL, GLAMORGAN WALES-NEWS: In a scene reminiscent of Jack Nicholson poking his head through a shattered interior door in a hotel in the film The Shining, a female French bulldog, whose name is Red, chewed through an interior door so that she could have …
Elisabeth Perlman writing in The Times newspaper provides readers with five useful tips on how to find a healthy puppy to adopt to which I added a sixth. The adoption of puppies has surged during the coronavirus lockdowns which is both good and bad. It …
We all know about this as it is all over the Internet. Joe Biden, the president-elect, 78, suffered hairline fractures in his right foot while playing with Major, one of his two German shepherds, on Sunday. Two questions arise out of this minor but perhaps …
At one time it was thought that when dogs drag their rumps along the ground (scooting) they were scent marking because many other species of carnivore do this including the giant panda, both genders of which frequently patrol their territory and rub their rumps against …
