When I was living in Chicago, my landlady had a wonderful golden retriever that was incredibly friendly, smart and fun to play with - but he had one ridiculous habit: he liked to eat his own poop.

There are an estimated 90 million dogs in America and they all eat, sleep and poop. It's how that last thing is handled that is the source of aggravation for some pet owners and nature lovers. The ...

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While an increasingly small number of people, especially academic researchers, try to argue that nonhuman animals (animals) don’t really make friends, most people, including both researchers and ...

Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words. Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words. Miso, a ...

Gone are the days of spending hours searching for the answer to a question, having to leave the house to meet someone new or even getting up to change the temperature in your home. But technologically ...

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One of the most profound aspects of the human-canine bond is that we can communicate with one another without words. While dogs can understand some words that we say, pups communicate to people and ...

Cortisol levels need to be kept in check to ward off chronic inflammation, which is linked to a host of long-term health problems. Here’s how. If there’s a current health villain, it’s cortisol. On ...

From all your years on Earth, you probably have a solid idea of how people show affection. They give hugs, kisses and talk in warm tones, which indicate that someone cares. But because dogs ...

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” –Buddha “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the ...