Explore dog senses and discover how your pet experiences the world. Learn about smell, hearing, sight, and how to support ...

Walking your beloved canine companion often involves frequent pit stops. These stops are not for rest, but for sniffing. Each pause is a dog’s way of using their nose to get a sense of the world ...

The special bond between humans and dogs is undeniable. For centuries, dogs have been by our sides, not only as faithful companions but also as creatures capable of remarkable intuition about the ...

Dogs can detect stress-related changes in human breath and sweat with accuracy above 90 percent, according to research from Queen's University Belfast. Thousands of years of co-evolution with humans ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: I’m training my dog Roger for search and rescue, which requires him ...

Source: Image elements from Max Pixel and Vital Imagery CC0 Several years ago I was visiting the laboratory of a colleague who studies the behavior of birds when I observed something that I considered ...

Turns out there’s a scientific reason that your dog appears for a cuddle at just the right moment. A new study published in PLOS One suggests that dogs are able to smell when humans are stressed or ...

"Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither--and ...

Q: I'm training my dog Roger for search and rescue, which requires him to use his nose. I noticed while I was taking a particular medication that my sense of smell worsened. Can the same thing happen ...