Psychology Today

Dogs can recognize what we are paying attention to and what we are likely able to see. They then can take advantage of that situation to steal or do things that they shouldn't

New data shows just how significant a part of our social and family lives our dogs have become.

Composer and singer gnash created a musical composition to calm his stressed-out dog Daisy and it seems to work for other dogs as well.

Back to back training sessions involving different tasks impairs a dog's long-term memory of what he has learned

New data resolves the controversy as to whether clicker training is better than using a word of praise when training dogs.

New data shows that pet ownership can increase the longevity of people with health risk issues.

New data shows that dogs are capable of being deceptive around people when it is in their own self-interest.

Data shows that spaying or neutering dogs may not reduce behavior problems but actually tends to increase them.

Whether your dog looks at your face may depend upon your emotional expression

New data looks at how having a dog or a cat in a photo affects how appealing and attractive the person in the photo appears.

Research indicates that dogs that are easily frightened by loud noises are much more apt to be fearful in many situations, show separation anxiety, and even aggressive behaviors.

Data shows that older dog breeds, that is those that evolved earlier from wolves, show less affection and attachment to human beings.

Helen Keller, the deaf blind social activist, speaker, and author, is credited with bringing the first Akitas to America.

Recent data answers the question of whether the brain processes emotional expressions of humans and dogs in the same way.