Gifted dogs can categorize toys by function, not just appearance. In playful at-home tests, they linked labels like “fetch” ...

It’s one thing for a dog to fetch a ball when told, but it’s another entirely when that same dog can hear “fetch” and bring ...

Dog owners don’t understand their pets’ emotions as well as they think they do. May 26, 2025 Oliver, one of the researcher's dogs, is seen on a black background ...

In a series of playful interactions with their owners, dogs with a vocabulary of toy names - known as "Gifted Word Learner" ...

A new study shows that gifted word learner dogs extend verbal labels to new objects based on functional similarity and form ...

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Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike – with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows. At first glance, Persian cats and pugs don’t ...

The front door to a house on a wide, leafy street opens and Stella greets me, tongue slurping my fingers, her tail wagging like a windshield wiper in overdrive. Stella, part Australian cattle dog and ...

Dogs love going on walks, especially energetic Golden Retrievers! Tucker and his son Todd love staying busy, and while ...