Could Confucius’ quote shed light on dog training?
Clicker training is widely popular method by professional dog trainers, but is it the most successful and efficient way to train your canine best friend? Continue reading
Category Archives: The Genius of Dogs
The Best Way to Train Your Dog According to Science
Posted in Dog Life, The Genius of Dogs. Tagged with Adam Miklosi, canine cognition science, Claudia Fugazza, Do as I do, dog training.
Dognition hits prime time with Nat Geo WILD’s “Is Your Dog A Genius?”
Make no barks about it! Dognition, the science-based assessment that enhances the relationship between dogs and their owners, will be returning to prime time television this spring. This time with Is Your Dog A Genius?, a three-part series on Nat Geo WILD. Continue reading
Posted in Dog Life, The Dognition Experience, The Genius of Dogs, The Science Behind the Story. Tagged with Brian Hare, canine cognition science, dogs, Is Your Dog A Genius?, Nat Geo WILD, TV show.
On Why Dogs Want to Lick Us And Wolves Want to Eat Us
Why are dogs our best pals and wolves our competitors?
It’s clear that the dogs we know and love are very distinct from wolves. Aside from variations in their genetic code, the way dogs interact with and behave around us humans is very different from the behavior of typical wolves, even if the dogs and wolves are raised in similar conditions. In particular, the special relationship dogs have with us is because the success of dogs as a species relies heavily on humans. Continue reading
Posted in Dog Life, Dog Love, The Genius of Dogs, The Science Behind the Story. Tagged with canine cognition science, dogs, wolves.
How to Play to Your Dog’s Strength
Are you playing to your dog’s problem solving style? Photo by James Barker
Father’s Day is a time to celebrate the father figure in your life. One of the lessons my dad taught me is to play to my strengths. The example story that stuck with me, as I love dogs, was about his mixed breed dog in college named Astro. My dad saw a sign on campus saying that an injured dog needed a home; this dog, Astro, had a big wound on his back. With medical care, Astro’s fur from his backside had to be shaved, and other humans were quick to make fun of his naked appearance. If you wanted to pet a dog for the feeling of fuzzy fur, Astro was not your dog. What he lacked in fur, my father said this dog had in intelligence.
What made this dog so smart? Continue reading
Posted in Dog Love, The Dognition Experience, The Genius of Dogs. Tagged with cunning, dogs, intelligence, Juliane Kaminski, strengths.
All About Dog Noses
Does this happen to you? You’re out on a walk with your dog, and your pup’s focus is on excitingly smelling the ground, the air, and whoever you pass. Dogs are known for having incredible noses.
Here are 5 cool facts about dog noses:
1. A dog’s sense of smell is 10,000 – 100,000 times more acute as that of humans.
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