A new study in Scientific Reports confirms stress crossover – the transfer of stress from guardian to dog. The key factor? Work-related...

Whiskers (vibrissae) aren’t just cute – they’re functional, highly innervated sensory tools. Dogs have them above their eyes, on their...

fot. Mateusz Skwarczek, wyborcza.pl Three types of dog guardians: how different roles shape the human–dog bond A recent study sheds new...

Sometimes slowed movement is about brain function. Noticed your senior dog doesn’t run for treats with the same enthusiasm anymore? It’s...

On our walk, I found a shrimp—one of many someone dumped in front of the building. It was delicious. I’ll be going back there. Now I’m...

True, I eat trash — it’s my hobby. I guess that’s what my nose is for, sniffing out garbage. At least, that’s how I see it. Otherwise,...

I overheard that next week they’re gonna cut off my balls. Apparently, it’s because I keep going after other dogs. Like, seriously — the...

Simple as that. I’ve got opinions. I’ve got plans. I’ve got places to be and things to sniff. They say I don’t listen, that I pull on the...

The city used to overwhelm me. When I first got here, I’d lunge at people and cars. Honestly, I thought they were lunging at me....

A real home. And my own human! A year ago, I was a totally different dog—I barked at everything. Apparently, I used to go off at the...

Okay, I admit it. I lick the plates in the dishwasher. I just can’t help myself. I mean, I try to lick them, but they always shoo me away—even though they clearly don’t want to lick them themselves. I don’t get it.

I’m ready for absolutely any challenge… though sometimes I totally freak out. Right after adoption, most dogs live in a state of...

I bark and snap at people because I’m scared—that usually makes them go away. Simple. But if I think about it twice… I actually really...

Until now, I lived in a dark storage room. I had puppies, but to be honest, I don’t really know the world.

They took a crappy photo of me from afar. Truth is, I don’t like it when people come close. I growl. I’ve got my reasons — seriously,...

Sometimes I lose it, pull, bark, and go wild. I’m young and super sensitive, so I need time and patience to figure things out and learn...

They say I have a sad look. But I’ve only been here a short while, still not used to it. At first, I peed in the house from stress, but...

With age comes the wisdom to avoid pointless fights—but also to calmly stand your ground. Wishing you the same. Usually, people think...

There are so many strangers in the city, so many unknown dogs, scary noises. Is it any wonder I’m scared? I often just want to run away,...

When we think about a dog's learning process, what is usually taken into account are rewards and punishments. Little attention is paid to...

They say I’m a pitbull trapped in a dachshund’s body. But that’s not true. You see—I was adopted from a shelter along with a buddy, and...

My start in life wasn’t great—a chain, an embedded collar. But honestly? I’ve already forgotten about that. That’s just how I am—I look on the bright side of life.

All the food in the world belongs to me. If you didn’t know that—don’t worry, I’ll let you know. Some dogs have trouble regulating...

Training with treats can be useful, but very often it relieves dogs from having to think. It doesn’t offer solutions to their problems—it only temporarily solves ours.