The second occurred in the “overhearing” condition, where the dog watched as the primary caretaker talked to another family ...

Gifted word learner dogs seem capable of eavesdropping about as well as 18-month-old toddlers, the study researchers say.

Trainers say that dogs with a strong, healthy connection to their people show it through trust and connection. Here are the hallmark signs your dog loves you. These attachment signs can be subtle, so ...

From following you room to room to protecting you like a true guardian, your dog may see you as much more than a caregiver.

Dogs communicate mainly through body language, and pawing is one of the clearest ways they try to get a human’s attention.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Oso has spent 85% of his life behind kennel doors, but this nearly 2-year-old shelter dog is ...

"My mom rolled my head up in the window when I was like 6. I understand what he’s going through [for real]," one user wrote.

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His ...

These “Gifted Word Learner” (GWL) dogs can learn names for objects by overhearing exchanges between members of their human families, researchers reported Jan. 8 in the journal Science. The dogs’ ...

In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; ...

Research on joy—those bursts of “woo-hoo moments”—is an exciting area of study across species. But the feeling of too much ...