The city of Dunkirk has a dog control officer for the first time since December 2023. The Common Council unanimously approved Jennifer Sasso as the officer, during its meeting Tuesday. Sasso will ...

After a horrific dog mauling case in Walker County over the summer, the county commission has taken steps to get a handle on ...

Prosecutors said Thursday that they have made no plea bargain offers to Mary Jane Rivers, a Mobile woman accused of ...

A new study shows that gifted word learner dogs extend verbal labels to new objects based on functional similarity and form ...

"I call this 'worming' and my dog has done it forever. It's how she tells me she's ready to get out of bed everyday," one ...

Human infants naturally learn new words and their associations, such as how spoons are related to plates because they are ...

Dogs that easily learn the names of toys might also mentally sort them by function, a new example of complex cognitive activity in the canine brain.

A study published in Current Biology by the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University reveals that dogs with a vocabulary of toy names—known as Gifted Word Learners—can extend learned labels ...

Dogs naturally lick to groom themselves, savor a tasty scent, or show affection; many enjoy the salty taste of human skin. Occasional licking, especially in moments of excitement or pleasure—such as ...

"So now it turns out that these dogs can do the same.” Fugazza and her Hungarian colleagues have been studying canine behavior and cognition for several years. For instance, in 2023, we reported on ...

If you act quickly and wash your dog right away, the skunk smell will be reduced. The key is to clean it off before the spray ...

Portillo's is shifting from aggressive Sunbelt expansion to a more cautious growth strategy. Click here to read why PTLO ...