Have you ever been around a large dog that keeps jumping on you? It’s irritating at the least, and painful at the most. And it makes these dogs social pariahs, so they don’t get the love they are ...

At Duke’s Puppy Kindergarten, researchers are learning when and how pups' brains develop. Understanding these cognitive milestones could help humans raise better dogs. Duke University researchers have ...

“Balanced” is one of the more deceitful words used in the unregulated field of dog training. This approach utilizes both positive reinforcement (rewards-based) methods and aversives (physical ...

The importance of using reward-based methods to train dogs is widely known, yet some people still use aversive methods. By definition, both reward-based and aversive methods work to change behavior, ...