Getting (a little) serious about dog poop
Every day in Seattle, where dogs outnumber children, 41,250 pounds of poop exits dogs and lands on the otherwise fair city, according to the Seattle Times. In a year (who says newspapers don’t cover...
View ArticleBark 2: Study says barks have little meaning
What’s your barking dog trying to say? Nothing in particular, according to a University of Massachusetts study. It concludes dogs do not bark differently in different circumstances; rather, they have...
View ArticleBark 3: “Bowlingual” gadget translates barks
So, if there’s no deep meaning behind barks (not that we buy that study), how do you explain this? Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy is coming out with a new “Bowlingual” gadget that can translate dog...
View ArticleThis Goblin makes life a little less haunting
Ray Dobson was losing his hearing. Goblin, rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico, needed a home. When they were brought together by the National Education for Assistance Dog Service, two problems...
View ArticleLaw & Order theme triggers howls
Why some dogs react the way they do to certain songs and sounds would probably make for an interesting scientific study. Until then, we have YouTube, where a mounting number of videos, it has been...
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