Dogs give up problem-solving tasks and look to humans to help them far faster than wolves, suggesting domestication has compromised this ability. Researchers at the Oregon State University found that ...

Shaking a paw, ‘speaking’ and rolling over on command are so old hat compared to this clever dog’s amazing maths skills. The pet dog stunned passers-by on a street in China last week when he showed ...

If your dog ignores a command, it might be that you are giving them bad advice. Researchers discovered canines will leave out unnecessary actions when they learn there is a more efficient way to solve ...

It has always been somewhat of a rhetorical question, but researchers are hoping to be able to answer “Who’s a good boy?”, at least when it comes to guide dogs. Guide Dogs, the sight-loss charity, has ...

In one of the game-like tests, dogs were found to rely more on their memory than their sense of smell to find the treat that was hidden by their owners. To find a hidden treat, dogs rely more on their ...

When my son was a baby, I swore I’d never let him watch PAW Patrol. At the time, I thought of it as the kind of TV show I didn’t want my child to become obsessed with: noisy and overstimulating. But ...

Discover dog enrichment activities for urban spaces. Learn how 15 minutes of mental stimulation beats hour-long walks.

The research project called Puppy Cognition has been launched by the UK sight-loss charity Guide Dogs. It's aim is to help the charity to get an early idea of which puppies might make a good guide dog ...