Dog loves to irrigate (video)!
The dog is called the ‘Irrigation Dog’ and you can see why. He or she is fascinated with digging a channel to allow the water to run towards him. I guess that …
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What’s this dog thinking as he sits on a beach enjoying the waves brush over him?
On Twitter, people have been asking what this dog is thinking as he calmly sits on the beach allowing the incoming waves brush up against him and slosh over the lower part …
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Hachiko – 100th Birthday Celebrations
In November 2023, admirers of the dog ‘Hachiko’ will celebrate the 100th year after his birth. Locals of his birthplace Odate, Akita Prefecture are organising Hachiko Week to mark a century since …
Dog demonstrates rational thought, commonsense, empathy and altruism in saving another dog from drowning
Sentience? Who questions that dogs are not sentient? Perhaps not many people but a lot of people don’t give it any thought or insufficient thought. A lot of people don’t know what …
2 tips on a lost dog: prevention and reaction
This couple of tips in preventing losing your dog and then, when needs must, finding him or her, come from David Tennant writing in The Sunday Times today. I thought they were …
Why was a dog walker killed by her eight dogs? Lack of dominance.
The news media today reports on a woman who was mauled to death by eight dogs that she was walking. Eight dogs was too many. Some jurisdictions limit the number to six …
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7 ways that dogs interpret different forms of human petting
Here are 7 suggestions on how dogs interpret different types of petting by their human caregiver which gives them pleasure for reasons sometimes unknown to the caregiver. Scratching a male dog’s chest …
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Dogs can identify human competence
Particularly when it comes to being given food, dogs can identify human competence. What the scientists who carried out the study mean is that dogs can recognise people who are more able …
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