The question opens up a can of worms it seems to me. Pet dogs often want to sleep with their owner on their bed. The reason is that they don’t develop past the puppy stage as they look upon their owners as pseudo-parents. As parents …
Amazing or what? It seems extraordinary. It is hardly believable but it appears to be entirely genuine. Training comes to mind. Lots of it. This must be the result of a considerably amount of training by an experienced trainer. Do you think it is a …
NEWS AND COMMENT-HARRIS COUNTY, USA: On May 3, Sherry Noppe and her black Labrador, Max, went for an afternoon walk in a large, wooded park at the edge of Katy, near Houston. She deviated from the track and unfortunately fell into a thicket. She lay …
A 2015 Japanese study, in essence, found that dogs love their human caregivers. It’s more than just about seeking food and surviving for a dog. It seems that through 10,000 years and more of selective breeding (artificial selection) humans have provided domestic dogs with a …
Clearly, as there are two parties to a greeting between a resident dog and a stranger, how the meeting goes depends on the behavior and demeanor of both but in this article, I look at human behavior. To a dog, strangers are from an “alien …
PICO RIVERA, NEAR LOS ANGELES, California, USA: This is the first time that I have heard of a mother stabbing a pit bull to death in order to save their child. The Californian woman, Margaret Morales, acquired two pit bull dogs about four months ago. …
You might have seen it, little dogs performing highly acrobatic walking handstands while urinating at the same time. It’s remarkable that these dogs can walk on their forelegs for quite a considerable distance in any case but to urinate at the same time adds another …
Bosco lives in London with his human caregiver, Luccia Rodriguez, 24. She said that: “Carrying big sticks is Bosco’s favourite thing to do. He loves making people happy and thrives off the attention”. I guess that explains why he loves to do this. But it …
Can dogs make friends with other dogs? Scientists are naturally sceptical, perhaps because your average dog owner tends to anthropomorphise (humanise) their dog companion. And when you do that, you imbue them with human characteristics. You come to the certain conclusion that dogs can make …
