For generations, dog owners have joked that their pets listen in on conversations and seem to understand what people are ...

People often think play is a simple way to burn off a dog’s extra energy. A quick game of fetch in the yard or tug-of-war in the living room is more than just fun. One of the most important things we ...

A birthday gift became one of the most remarkable experiments in animal cognition. Chaser, a Border Collie from Spartanburg, ...

Some dogs are not just listening for the word “walk.” A small, rare group can quietly monitor human conversations and pick up brand new vocabulary without any direct training, behaving more like ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

At the annual Ski California Safety Day in January 2024, an English Shepherd puppy named Ripp bounded from a five-foot deep hole in the snow at Lake Tahoe’s Northstar resort to grab his favorite ...

"Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children," lead scientist, Dr. Shany Dror, said Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE ...

Rescue dogs aren’t born different but many are forced to adapt far earlier than dogs raised in stable homes. Without consistency, safety or predictability in their early weeks, many rescue dogs learn ...

When it comes to cognitive ability, not all dogs are created equal. Most dogs can learn simple action cues like “sit” or “down.” But so-called “gifted word learner” (GWL) dogs exhibit a remarkable ...