How Well Do You Know Your Canine Companion?

It's natural to feel that we really know everything about our canine family members, but maybe we really don't.  Dognition has collected some surprising facts from a five-question survey that they sent out this morning to 600 dog guardians, asking them, "How well do you know your dog?". The answers they found may surprise you. Learn …

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Dog Language

So often we interpret dog behavior through our human thoughts and experiences.  But dogs do not communicate using our language.  Canine language consists of a large variety of signals using body, face, ears, tail, sounds, movement, and complex expression.  If we study the signals dogs use with each other, we increase our ability to communicate …

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A Life Less Complicated

We all want things that make our lives easier.  We like easy.  We like simplicity.  I recently discovered something that made my life and the lives of four animals easier and less complicated.  This new 'thing' came in the guise of something that I used to laugh at.  I would see this item and think …

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