If we think about it, living with a dog is a bit like cohabiting with a nonverbal roommate who sometimes engages in odd behaviors that leave us humans scratching our heads and muttering the age-old ...
Dr. Adam Christman is one of my favorite veterinarians on social media. He shares useful pet tips, offers great recommendations about food, toys, treats, and more, and explains why dogs do the things ...
When I think about why dogs do something, I try to imagine what motivates them. What does a dog get out of playing with trash? As a veterinarian and a professor who teaches college students about ...
Very often I wind up talking about "all things dog" with people who know what I do and with many who don't. These conversations are incredibly useful and often very rich, as so many people are solid ...
We all know the basic ways that dogs show us they love us, from wagging their tails to rolling over for belly rubs. But there are some far more subtle signs, too — and they just might mean even more ...
As we domesticated dogs and started the selective breeding process, somewhere along the way, we humans embedded an expectation: that a good dog is a dog who tolerates everything. Yes, everything.