by Joan Harrigan Photos courtesy of Morris & Essex Kennel Club Originally published June 2010 Showing dogs today is rarely glamorous. Aside from the moments in the ring and a chance to catch up with friends, there’s a lot of back-breaking work and too little time. Too often, exhibitors leave a show with no idea [...]
By Caroline Coile We’ve heard it countless times: “Dogs can smell fear.” Now a study from Queen’s University Belfast has produced some actual evidence that dogs can in fact sniff out stress. Here’s what they did: First the researchers trained four dogs to match an odor sample to a target odor sample. The dog was [...]
May this Christmas bring joy, peace and happiness to last throughout the coming year!
Thank you Lynn Tyler for sharing this baby photo of Bagel the Longhaired Dachshund.
Ancient DNA from the pelt of a fluffy white dog named Mutton is revealing new details about the woolly dog, an extinct breed that was cared for and raised by the women of the Coast Salish tribal nations in the Pacific Northwest. The small dogs — called “sqwemá:y,” “ske’-ha,” “sqw?méy” and “sqwbaý” in some Coast Salish languages — [...]
