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‘Rescue Dog to Super Dog’ shows pets and people helping each other

No need to smell fear: Dogs have other reasons to bite

Is this dog dangerous? Shelters struggle with live-or-die tests

Service dogs aren’t just for blind people

Can we ever really know the mysterious mind of a cat?

Opinion: Dogs hate crates

An investigator of pet crimes

‘Rescue Dog to Super Dog’ shows pets and people helping each other

No need to smell fear: Dogs have other reasons to bite

Is this dog dangerous? Shelters struggle with live-or-die tests

Service dogs aren’t just for blind people

Can we ever really know the mysterious mind of a cat?

Opinion: Dogs hate crates

An investigator of pet crimes

Your dog is watching you very carefully and remembers what you do

Your dog is watching you very carefully and remembers what you do

Do you remember what you did last year on Thanksgiving? If so, that's your episodic memory at work - you' ...

Do you remember what you did last year on Thanksgiving? If so, that's your episodic memory at work - you're remembering an experience that happened at a particular time, in a particular place, maybe w ...

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How to heal a traumatized dog: read it a story

How to heal a traumatized dog: read it a story

NEW YORK — “Hi, Violet,” said the man in the orange “ASPCA Volunteer” shirt. He set up a little folding c ...

NEW YORK — “Hi, Violet,” said the man in the orange “ASPCA Volunteer” shirt. He set up a little folding camp stool, fired up his iPad and began to read aloud in a gentle, even voice. “The sun, coming ...

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Meeting strangers with your dog can bring out the growls

Meeting strangers with your dog can bring out the growls

Q: When walking Jonas, my male shepherd mix, we sometimes meet people who want to pet him. Sometimes he ...

Q: When walking Jonas, my male shepherd mix, we sometimes meet people who want to pet him. Sometimes he is OK with a stranger petting him, but sometimes he growls. Yesterday he snapped at a very nice ...

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Dogs can train us to have a better sense of smell

Dogs can train us to have a better sense of smell

Our daily tug of leash war goes like this. I tell Chico we’re taking a left. He yanks right, wet black no ...

Our daily tug of leash war goes like this. I tell Chico we’re taking a left. He yanks right, wet black nostrils burrowing in loamy leaf piles. Me versus a 15-pound Havanese, incensed by scent. Today, ...

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Dog lovers outraged over Garmin gadget that shocks dogs into behaving

Dog lovers outraged over Garmin gadget that shocks dogs into behaving

Garmin, the company known for GPS devices that help drivers navigate and runners record their mileage, re ...

Garmin, the company known for GPS devices that help drivers navigate and runners record their mileage, released a new product for dog owners last week. The Delta Smart, a small, smartphone-compatible ...

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Your dog really does know what you’re saying, and a brain scan shows how

Your dog really does know what you’re saying, and a brain scan shows how

Your dog gets you. I mean, he really gets you. No, really - he actually does. So say scientists in Hungar ...

Your dog gets you. I mean, he really gets you. No, really - he actually does. So say scientists in Hungary, who have published a groundbreaking study that found dogs understand both the meaning of wor ...

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Dogs really do bite mail carriers – thousands of them

Dogs really do bite mail carriers – thousands of them

Dogs really do bite mail carriers - a lot of them. According to the U.S. Postal Service, which on Wednesd ...

Dogs really do bite mail carriers - a lot of them. According to the U.S. Postal Service, which on Wednesday released its annual report on the topic, 6,549 postal workers were attacked by dogs in 2015, ...

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It’s not all sleep and food: Your cat is deeper than you think

It’s not all sleep and food: Your cat is deeper than you think

What's better than an online personality test? An online cat personality test. Researchers in Australia a ...

What's better than an online personality test? An online cat personality test. Researchers in Australia are now administering them, and they've found something interesting: Cats are not too different ...

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Behavior help: My dog chews on everything!

Behavior help: My dog chews on everything!

Q: Why does my dog chew up everything? A: Chewing is fulfilling for dogs. It goes back to their wolf ance ...

Q: Why does my dog chew up everything? A: Chewing is fulfilling for dogs. It goes back to their wolf ancestry of hunting and tearing apart of the prey, only now it’s a bed or squeaky toy. Puppies chew ...

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Behavior help: My dog won’t stop barking

Behavior help: My dog won’t stop barking

Q: Why does my dog bark so much? A: It’s important to get to the root of the issue because there are many ...

Q: Why does my dog bark so much? A: It’s important to get to the root of the issue because there are many different kinds of barking: Reactive: when your dog sees someone walking by. Territorial or fe ...

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