Sorry, dog owners: Insisting your pet is the cutest creature on Earth doesn’t necessarily make it true. Some dog breeds are objectively more adorable than others—at least according to a mathematical ratio that appears frequently in art and nature. To quantify cuteness in dog breeds, MoneyBeach judged their face shapes against the Golden Ratio. This number (1.618 when […]
Southwest Washington has its first wolf pack in a century, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. The Big Muddy Pack so far has only two known members, one male and one female. But that’s enough to meet the minimum requirement to be recognized as a pack: two or more wolves travelling together in
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When one hears a howl in the forest, the first thing that they associate that sound with is the wolf. And it’s true, howling is a characteristic communication form of wolves, but it is also widespread among canine species. They use it for long-distance communication with others, to mark territory boundaries, and also, to define the
Why do some dogs Howl and others don’t? A new Study sheds some light on why. Read More »
Pearl is no ordinary handbag dog. She’s so tiny, her owner can just slip her into her pocket. The two-year-old chihuahua, who measures around the same length as a dollar bill, has been named the world’s shortest dog by Guinness World Records. Born in Florida on September 1 2020, Pearl is shorter than a Popsicle stick at just
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An animal shelter in England is experiencing a heartbreaking “first”: One of its newest canine residents is said to be undergoing canine alcohol withdrawal. Coco, a young dog believed to be a spaniel and chocolate lab mix, arrived at the Woodside Animal Welfare Trust in Plymouth, England, earlier this year along with another “canine pal” after his
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A pet dog has died after testing positive for avian influenza in Ontario. Public Health said in a statement released Tuesday that the dog, which tested positive for the pathogen on April 1, is the only case of its kind in Canada. The dog in Oshawa contracted the infection after chewing on a wild goose. It
Information highways connect smell and vision in a way that hadn’t been described before. A dog’s brain is wired for smell. Now, a new map shows just how extensive that wiring is. Powerful nerve connections link the dog nose to wide swaths of the brain, researchers report July 11 in the Journal of Neuroscience. One of these
A new Study of a dog’s Brain links their ability to see with their sense of smell. Read More »
Most pet parents have two goals when they set off for a walk with their dog: elimination and exercise. While both are critical to maintaining a happy and healthy dog, limiting your pup to those basic elements skips an important part of the canine experience—engaging your dog’s sense of smell. In large part, our dogs
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Prepare yourselves for an overdose of cuteness, because March 23 is National Puppy Day! Established in 2006, National Puppy Day is a paw-some day for all dog enthusiasts to celebrate unconditional love and fawn over the undeniably cute furballs that bring so much happiness into this world. While we’re all softies when it comes to our four-legged
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A recent study was published linking genetic data from Raccoon Dogs to Covid-19. We won’t be talking about that specific topic but it does raise the question, what are Raccoon dogs? Despite its name, a raccoon dog is neither a raccoon nor a dog, but it does belong to the canid family, the lineage that
