Here are seven reasons why a dog might lick their paws or a paw. Six of them indicate an actual or potential health problem. Grooming Clearly, self-grooming, aka auto-grooming, is a good reason why your dog licks their paws. It is what dog owners expect. …
Two unrelated female dogs (bitches) nurse each other’s puppies. I cannot find anything on the Internet which tells me that unrelated female dogs share the parenting of their puppies. I have made the presumption that these females are unrelated because they look very different. That …
The video on this page shows the behaviour that I describe in the title very well. It takes place in Castelo Branco, Portugal hence the burnt landscape and bright sun – lovely. The woman makes a howling sound and her cute dog, Molly, follows admirably. …
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 …
Although dogs are deeply entrenched in interactions with humans and have outstanding skills to understand human actions, gestures and emotions, it is argued, today, that too many people have forgotten that they are still animals and their cosy relationship with them can result in an …
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 …
Parkrun in the UK is an organisation which administers, as far as I’m aware, the weekly 5 km job for allcomers. It happens across the UK and it is very popular. It happens near me. And it is popular with dog owners because it’s an …
This ‘retired’ French bulldog – a ‘Frenchie’ to afficionados – stretches and takes a much-deserved 😎 rest on what appears to be a special couch. What an exhausting day it was 😉. Too much excitement. Note: This is an embedded video from another website. Sometimes …
A demonstration of total, cute obedience. His face is adorable when he looks up sheepishly waiting for the signal to start eating. It is a super demonstration of trained-in self-discipline. Below is a video from YouTube on how to train a dog to patiently wait …
