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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Emotional Eating In Animals

Jack Sprat he loved no fat, and his wife she lov’d no lean: And yet betwixt them both, they lick’t the platters clean. English Proverb (1670) The American waistline isn't the only thing that's a growing problem.  Companion animals are packing on the pounds as well.   Studies show that up to 60 percent of companion …

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