Poppy, a large Weimaraner cross, was a high-energy dog with reactivity issues. Managing her excitability was challenging. Before I trained as a dog behaviorist, I believed that giving Poppy a lot of ...

Many dog parents share a universal dream: a beautiful home filled with prized possessions and a loyal canine protector to act ...

From a scientific perspective, animal behaviorists often prefer terms like "learned behavior" or "operant conditioning" over "manipulation." Dogs learn what behaviors elicit a desired response from ...

Several years back, Stanley Coren attempted to rank dog breeds by intelligence, creating a hierarchy based on traits like ...

Dogs have perfected a vocal triage system consisting of a soft warning bark that may escalate to a growl, and in extreme ...

Taco jumps on John and bites him and the leash when Taco knows their walk is over or when John pulls him away from other dogs/people they see. Taco’s bite isn’t hard enough to break John’s skin yet, ...

In a classic series of studies, psychologist Harry Harlow demonstrated that in humans and animals, a trained brain thinks differently than an untrained brain. Specifically, he was able to show that ...

A miniature dachshund has left viewers on TikTok reeling from a combination of surprise and laughter, after a video emerged showing the dog using a toilet like a person—an act his owner says he ...