Dog News
Story: A visit to the Somerset Regional Animal Shelter
Meet the (hopefully) temporary residents of the Somerset Regional Animal Shelter.
Story: Cover Dogs
Wordless Wednesday Look whose noses made the cover of the Dog Writers Association of America’s Ruff Drafts! Jasper, Tucker and Lilah are cover dogs! I can just imagine: They’ll be so famous that everybody nose them wherever they go. Fans and puparazzi dog them; sniffing them out when they try to duck through the back […]
News: Why Dogs Do Doo Doo the Way they Do
Study shows that dogs tend to poop on a north-south axis. But when the earth’s magnetic field is out of whack, your dog might not know which way to turn.
News: Dogs recognize human faces in photos
New study shows that dogs recognize human faces just like we do. Maybe that’s why Jasper spends so much time on Facebook.
News: Dogs and dust bunnies are good for kids
Early exposure to dust from homes with dogs that go outdoors may give kids protection against allergies and asthma.
Wag to the left, wag to the right
A new study shows that the direction a dog is wagging its tail may actually have meaning.
Dogs are People, Too…and Now There’s Science to Prove It
Dogs are our companions, our friends, our wards. They think, they feel, they love. Now science says so. But we knew that, did we?
Book: Meet Flo & Wendell in William Wegman’s new children’s book
Way before there was Business Cat or Dogs Wearing Pantyhose, William Wegman was dressing up his Weimaraner dog, Man Ray, and taking artful photos of him. Now he has a new children’s book, “Flo and Wendell.”
Obama White House takes a stand against canine prejudice
The Obama Administration takes a stand against Breed-Specfic Legislation.
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