With consistent training, thoughtful management, and professional guidance, reactive dogs can grow more confident and relaxed ...

Some important commands are “heel,” “wait,” and “stay.” You also want to make sure your pup has been trained not to chase and is securely kept on a leash, as there are lots of wild creatures that may ...

Clayton Dog Off-Leash Park will host a Paw Play in the Park event Saturday, Sept. 20 — a chance to bring your dogs to the ...

A rescue named Oakley surprised an Aurora police officer by politely waiting for him to leash him before escaping the house fire.

Hi Jude, dogs can get dementia, it’s called Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome, and there are varied symptoms across pets, but it can include memory loss, confusion and poor attention, and onset is ...

When we first see Oakley, it’s inside a haze of smoke that was caught on bodycam footage after Aurora firefighters and police arrived to investigate a reported house fire on Sept. 11. There, ...

"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 ...

First responders rushed to the scene of a house fire in Illinois, hoping to save anyone who might be home. Luckily, there was only one occupant at the time: Oakley, an American Staffordshire Terrier.

For the study, owners of 10 talented dogs —mostly border collies—taught them words for two categories: tug toys, called pulls ...

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 ...