Dog Facts

Dogs like music. In fact, they dogs don’t just like music, they are emotionally affected by it. Music can make they react with behaviors like barking, howling, moving in circles, tail chasing or even relaxation. Your dog will either calm down or get excited depending on what you put on the stereo and how loud

Dog ownership is a lot of furry companionship, tail wags and chasing balls, and ample unconditional love. However, some dog owners are also managing canine pals struggling with mental illness. A newly published study in PLOS ONE has examined the brain scans of anxious and non-anxious dogs, and correlated them with behaviour. The research team at Ghent

Egypt has banned the majority of dog breeds after issuing a controversial edict that allows only 10 types of dogs to be kept as pets and imposing heavy fines for people who keep any of the banned breeds. The new “Regulation of the Possession of Dangerous Animals and Dogs” bill was introduced on the 29th

A study conducted by Hisao Okabe and colleagues at the Fukushima Regional Center for the Japan Environment and Children’s Study in Japan has revealed that exposure to pet cats or indoor dogs during fetal development or early infancy appears to correlate with a lower occurrence of food allergies among children. The research, published on March

Canine cancer detection is an approach to early detection cancer screening that relies dog’s incredible olfactory(smell) receptors and research is continuing to prove their ability to detect certain types of cancer in humans. Research suggests that dogs can detect many types of cancers in humans. Like many other diseases, cancers leave specific traces, or odor signatures, in a person’s

A group of scientists studying how dogs respond to human speech have discovered how best to apologise to your pet when you accidentally step on their toes or tail. When it comes to taking care of a dog, most owners go above and beyond to make sure their pet is happy and healthy. But every now

Female dogs judge human competence and are more likely to approach those who are able to accomplish tasks for them, according to a study from Kyoto University in Japan. In the study “Female dogs evaluate levels of competence in humans,” Japanese researchers examined how both male and female dogs reacted to “competent” and “incompetent” people

Dogs have many extraordinary abilities and physical attributes, including speed, sense of smell and inherited instincts to hunt and guard. Dogs, contrary to popular belief, do not see the world in black-and-white. Their vision is red-green colour blind meaning they can only see in shades of blue and yellow. Dog Eye Anatomy The anatomy of