There is so much you're trying to teach your new puppy, that it can feel overwhelming: house-training, sleeping through the night, not to nip, not to chew, and all the other household rules you've established. Add to that a puppy's natural curiosity and energy, and you might start to feel as if he'll never get […]

The letter arrived in Molesey, outside of London, in June 1942, during the bleakest days of the war. Food and clothing were rationed, and citizens wore metal identification bands, in case they couldn’t get to their air-raid shelter before deadly Nazi bombs started dropping. The mysterious letter from America also appeared to have been strafed, […]

Fresh, juicy peaches are one of the great joys of summer. If you’re wondering whether you can share this delicious treat with your dog, the answer is a qualified yes, along with some caveats. Dogs, after all, are carnivores and don’t really need fruit as part of their diet. Their digestion works differently than human […]

He was powerfully built, towering a good six inches above his brothers, and was probably a chieftain or great warrior. Whoever he was, in his lifetime he must have commanded tremendous respect, even awe. That much was clear 10 centuries after his death from the way he had been sent to his final rest. Archeologists […]

Duke University welcomed seven unusual students this semester, a group of yellow Lab puppies. The dogs from Duke Canine Cognition Center are part of a "Puppy Kindergarten" training program. The program is designed to study the impact of affection and socialization on service dog training. As anyone who follows higher education knows, Duke University has […]

The friendship between humans and dogs goes back tens of thousands of years, but in just the past decade, ingenious police officers have found a new way for the partnership to flourish. In 2013, the Connecticut State Police started training dogs to detect electronic storage devices such as hard drives and cell phones, which are […]

In the winter of 1925, a deadly outbreak of diphtheria in the remote port of Nome, Alaska, threatened the lives of the 10,000-plus living in the area. Children were especially at risk, and Nome’s isolation created a nightmare scenario. An antitoxin was located, but the nearest point which the serum could reach by rail was […]

Helen Keller is famous for her many incredible accomplishments, including her moving autobiography, her social and political activism, and her advocacy for those with disabilities. But there's another side to Keller that you might be less familiar with – her lifelong love of dogs. Left both blind and deaf due to an illness when she […]

As states begin to open and the demand to test and screen for COVID-19 grows, researchers are enlisting all the help they can get — including dogs. Led by Cynthia M. Otto, director of the Working Dog Center at UPenn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, eight Labrador Retrievers are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus. Training […]

Did you know that there are amazing dog memorials located across the country? Whether they’re war heroes or stars of their local community, canines have inspired permanent monuments that dog lovers can visit. While we can't travel at the moment due to COVID-19, there are many dog memorials you can learn about from your living […]