For decades I've thought about how a simple behavior such as stretching and crouching on the forelimbs could become a play invitation signal in dogs and other animals. Many people also have asked me ...

Play and socialization aren’t just luxuries; they are core components of a happy, well-adjusted life. We know how much joy it brings to watch our dogs run, chase, and wrestle with their friends. Yet ...

The internet is obsessed with a Labrador retriever with some special talents as he showed off his newest trick: playing the recorder. Brewski the Lab lives with his owner, Chance Crawford, in ...

Doggy day care centers can fill the attention gap when dog owners must do things that can’t be done with dogs — working, going to the doctor, grocery shopping or socializing in dog-free spaces. That’s ...

Although more common in dogs, 4 in 10 pet cats also choose to play fetch with their owners. Credit: Mikel M. Delgado/CC-BY 4.0 Conventional wisdom would suggest that all dogs love to play fetch, while ...

New Yorker Haley Deecken has grown her large TikTok following by sharing her dogs, Duncan and Splash, and their impeccable training skills Haley Deecken taught her dogs, Duncan and Splash, to play a ...

Certain dogs can not only memorize the names of objects like their favorite toys, but they can also extend those labels to entirely new objects with a similar function, regardless of whether or not ...

Dogs don’t follow just anyone. The way they act around you, or how they look, move, or even play, can reveal how they see ...