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Dog Training

Can Your Dog Read Your Mind?

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 08.12.2011 | Healthy Living

Can your dog read your mind? That was the question posed in a recent study published in the journal Learning and Behavior about canine behavior. The ...

Does Having a Bigger Brain Really Mean Your Dog Is Smarter?

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

New study says that dogs have bigger brains relative to their body compared to cats. But does that mean that dogs are actually smarter? Or that cats are dumb?

Fifty First (J)Dates: 24 - Golden Showers

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Meredith Fineman

I'm so sorry to the friend that sent in this piece. It's too bad this happened, but at least there can be some schadenfreude gleamed from seeing it on the interwebs.

Dog Park Etiquette

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

While dog parks are ace playgrounds for Rovers to romp and Spots to socialize, without proper supervision, squabbles can break out like pimples on a teenager.

Man Killed by Pitbulls: Making Sure Your Dog Isn't Overly Agressive (VIDEOS)

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

If your dog barks and lunges uncontrollably at people or other animals, you need some help with him.

Animal Behavior: Teaching Rover to Race to You on Cue

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

The problem with speaking English instead of using made-up words is that we assume our pets know what we mean.

Dogs Prepare For Co-Op Board Interviews

BrickUnderground | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Gretch, who owns the upmarket urban pet-services purveyor It's a Dog's Life, has been prepping dogs for their co-op board interviews for about two yea...

Turning Your Dog Into A Skateboarding Pro

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

For some natural-born skateboarding dogs, this crude technique works. In other cases you end up with a dog that sometimes rides the skateboard and at other times tries to eat it.

Unitasking: Walk WITH Your Dog When You Walk With Your Dog

intent.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

For many of us, walking with our dogs is a struggle of excess: too much stopping when we want to go, going when we want to stop, jumping on people, to...

How Puppy Class Almost Ruined My Dad's New Cattledog

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

When we last left off, I'd dropped Lucy, the 8 week old Australian Cattledog with my parents after taking a week to train her through the puppy Learn ...

Is Larry David Right? Can Dogs be "Racist"? This is a Job for Cesar Millan

Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Waylon Lewis

How do we teach our confused furry pals that security guards, homeless gentlemen or African-Americans aren't anything to be afraid of?

The Father's Day Gift

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

If you'd asked me a year ago what I'd be doing this summer, I guarantee I would not have guessed I'd be training a pup for my dad.

Why is Pharmaceutical Giant Merial Ignoring the Advice of Veterinary Experts?

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

Merial launched a national campaign against the advice of veterinary experts, to market Frontline and Heartgard while promoting outdated dog training and behavior modification techniques.

Experts Say Dominance-Based Dog Training Techniques Made Popular by Television Shows Can Contribute to Dog Bites

Sophia Yin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Sophia Yin

The study demonstrated that many confrontational training methods do little to correct improper behavior and can elicit aggressive responses.