Find out what your dog’s sleep positions mean
Can you decipher dog tail messages?
Understand what your dog’s saying with his paw
Can dogs smell pregnancy?
Dogs sense pregnancy by smelling hormonal changes. Their heightened sense of smell allows dogs to sniff out medical conditions, including pregnancy.
7 ways to mentally stimulate your dog
Providing mental stimulation for dogs is easy. Find activities that engage your dog’s brain from slow feeding bowls to time to sniff on walks.
Who’s a smart boy?
A study by Vanderbilt University proves what dog owners already know — dogs are smarter than cats. The study is the first to count the number of cortical neurons in the brains of several carnivores, including dogs and cats, and discovered dogs have more than twice as many neurons as cats. Suzana Herculano-Houzel, associate professor of… Read the rest »
How dogs (and other animals) see the world
Some people incorrectly believe that dogs see only in black and white. Instead, dogs see color just not quite as well as people can because they have fewer color detecting cells.
Medical science harnesses the power of dog noses
Medical science harnesses the power of dog noses to detect cancers and other diseases such as lung and bowel cancer, malaria and Parkinson’s Disease.
Why does my dog stick his nose there?
A dog nose has between 200-250 million scent receptors. People have only 5 million. A dog’s sense of smell is much stronger than its sense of sight.
Dog senses: Powerful smell and hearing eclipse human abilities
People have bred canines to heighten dog senses of smell, hearing and sight, while diminishing their senses of taste and touch.