Riley was found in New Orleans almost a year after Hurricane Katrina, when many pets were displaced from their homes. When Riley was rescued by her new owner Valerie, she had heartworms and an injured back leg, and would anxiously chew on the corner of her blanket. However, as she started to feel secure and...
Continue reading...Dangerous dog breeds
By Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods On Facebook, Irish politician Alan Tobin posted a picture of a ‘dangerous dog breed’ signs that required owners of those breeds to be ‘leashed and muzzled’. There is absolutely no science to support that one breed is more dangerous than another. Or rather, there is so much noise...
Continue reading...Dog genius
Dogs are with us so often that it is easy to forget how remarkable they are. Introducing some dogs reminds us of the incredible potential of our best friends. By the time Chaser was three years old, she knew the names of over a thousand objects. The only reason she stopped learning was because her...
Continue reading...Curro – Dog of the Month
Having only three legs might seem like a disadvantage, but Curro shows that three legs can be better than four if you have a quick mind and a kind heart. Curro works at the Fundacion Federica Cerda, an NGO in Barcelona who uses horses to help kids with disabilities. Curro is comfortable around the horses...
Continue reading...Dogs Avoid People Who Aren’t Nice to Their Human
If you think your dog is a good judge of character, your canine might be using “social eavesdropping” as a tool to decide who to be nice to and who to ignore. Social eavesdropping in scientific terms is “social evaluation of third-party interactions”…so you know, what us laypeople call “people watching.”
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