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adopting a dog during the pandemic

How to Get a Puppy during a Pandemic

By Richard Levesque

Brian Harrison, the dog breeder, pandemic lead

Top Coronavirus Aide’s Last Job Was Breeding Dogs

Let’s not be too fast to judge!

By Jonathan Wood

Cinematographer Dana Richardson & Anika with the Pacific Coast Highway in the background.

Film Premiere: “California Landslide: A Dog’s True Story”

The story of two women and their dog surviving a historic natural disaster.

By The Bark Editors

Dancers & Dogs Are A Pet Project

Photographs that defy gravity … and expectations

By Karen B. London, PhD

Science & History

The ABCs of Dog Genetics

By Claudia Kawczynska

Abby the Wonder Dog

By Jim Kenshalo

Sportscasters Turn Talents To Dogs

Play-by-play of dogs being dogs is just what we need right now

By Karen B. London, PhD

Why I Adopted A Dog Named Max

By Nora Delaney

Pick up Dog Poop

Dog Waste Management

Poop happens. So what are you going to do about it?

The Canadian TV show ‘Hudson & Rex’ features actor John Reardon playing Det. Charlie Hudson and German shepherd Diesel vom Burgimwald as Rex. Images courtesy Beta Films.

‘Hudson & Rex’: Canine Actor Challenges us to Look at Animal Labor

By Kendra Coulter

common dog behavior problems

Science & History

Study Reveals Just How Common Behavior Problems Are

Analysis of 13,000 Finnish pet dogs offers insights into behavior

By Karen B. London, PhD

emotional support dogs on planes

Emotional Support Animals Can Endanger the Public

...and Make Life Harder for People Like Me Who Rely on Service Dogs

By Deni Elliott

lost dog

Pet FBI: Reuniting Lost Dogs with Their Families

By Susan Tasaki

Science & History

Border Collie Has Large Toy Vocabulary

She can even categorize her toys by type

By Karen B. London, PhD

puppy dogs

Science & History

Where Should Puppies Be Raised?

Puppies who grow up indoors are more confident and better prepared for life with people

By Karen B. London, PhD

dog at desk

Science & History

Another Way That People And Dogs Are Of One Mind

Canines and humans sense quantity in similar regions of the brain

By Karen B. London, PhD

A poster of Negro Matapacos at Santiago

How a Chilean Dog Ended Up as a Face of the New York City Subway Protests

By Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, University of California San Diego

Gustave Caillebotte, Le Pont de l’Europe, 1876. Oil on canvas, 49 x 71 in. Collection of the Association des Amis du Petit Palais, Genève

Who is That Dog in Gustave Caillebotte’s Impressionist Masterpiece Le Pont de l’Europe?

Femme Au Chien, Pablo Picasso (1962)

Picasso Dog Portrait Sells for Millions

As does a painting of a French Poodle by Gustave Caillebotte

dog trapped in car

Vigilantes: Watching Out for Dogs

A neighborhood comes to the rescue, sort of.

By Bonnie Schroeder