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Dogs Don't Remember Yesterday, Claims Psychologist
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Marc Bekoff
A few days ago a colleague asked me if I'd seen an essay called "Dogs Don't Remember," published by Dr. Ira Hyman. I hadn't, and then, as I was doing an interview, a similar question about mental time travel by animals came up so I decided to pen a few comments about Dr. Hyman's claims that "Dogs...
Trigger for Bone Cancer Identified
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JoAnna Lou
With so many dogs I know affected by cancer, I'm always excited to learn about new breakthroughs in the search for a cure. The latest research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine is an important one, as they may have identified the biological mechanism that...
Best Dog-Friendly Vehicles
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Aaron Turpen
We use our vehicles for many things, often looking to them as an extension of our lifestyle and sometimes even a member of the family. Some people buy vehicles because they’re sporty, others because they’re rugged, and still others because they are good family haulers or get great fuel economy....
My Rescue Hopee
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Rose Hutches
Learn more about Hopee who was featured in the Spring 2015 Smiling Dog section of The Bark. This is one of my dogs, Hopee. She was rescued from Hurricane Katrina by Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah, six months after the hurricane hit. Almost five years later, a friend and I volunteered at...
Chemical Enhancement of Social Information
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Karen B. London
A new study in the journal Animal Cognition that reports that oxytocin increases canine responses to human social cues adds to the large number of known effects of this chemical. The more that oxytocin is studied, the more influential it seem to be. All the articles that refer to oxytocin as “the...
Thinking Outside The Cage
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Finnegan Dowling
Eddie was not a particularly magnanimous little dog. While he was sweet and loving with people he knew, he was a snarling, snapping nightmare with children and other dogs. As he weighed less than ten pounds, it was a manageable situation but who would want to manage it? Making matters worse, he was...

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