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 ...

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 ...

Does your dog always try to sit on your lap, and refuse to leave your side, even when there are a million more interesting things they could be doing? We all love it when our pets show us their love, ...

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

"It means nothing about how 'smart' a dog is or how much it loves/cares about its people/feels like part of the family." People generally smile and cheer while the dogs look happy albeit confused — ...

The phenomenon of dog behavior getting worse rather than better is something that dog parents often find perplexing. It seems to defy logic, considering that most people think along the lines of, “If ...

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

Dogs have lived alongside humans for thousands of years. Over time, they developed an extraordinary ability to read human cues, including body language, tone of voice, and even facial expressions.

There is ever-growing global interest in human-dog relationships. Not only can they help us along, but we can also help them enrich their own lives. The best human-dog relationships are those in which ...