When you hear about "science focused on how dogs can live their best lives with us" it sounds like an imaginary job made up by a child. However, the field of animal welfare science is real and ...

Researchers from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea have developed an AI system that may ...

Much has changed about the way that science is applied today. As canine training has shifted from the old obedience-driven model directed at show dogs to a more relationship-based approach aimed ...

Dogs were likely first domesticated between 20,000 and 35,000 years ago. Our pet dogs are descended from grey wolves that were chosen by our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Over the following thousands ...

Dr. Zazie Todd's new book "Bark!" is the go-to source based on science and positive reinforcement for people who live with one of the many dogs who suffer from fear-filled lives.

The new Dog Television Viewing Scale was used to assess what may draw some dogs to the TV. “Personality of the dog influences their viewing habits,” Jeffrey Katz, lead study author, psychology ...

Dogs know when they don't know Date: November 20, 2018 Source: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Summary: Researchers have shown that dogs possess some 'metacognitive ...

New research on canine spacial bias suggests that 'smarter' dogs are more resilient in learning where an object is located.

It seems like once a week I get a notice about new "dog' books" that vary in size, shape, and quality. Some are tersely scientific, some are a mix of science and easy-to-read-writing, some ...

The domestication of dogs by humans was so inevitable, it may have happened more than once, according to a new study. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Science, a team of international ...