Canines don’t seem to perceive their reflections in mirrors. But they do better with a ‘smell mirror.’

Do our pets love us—or just the treats we give them? To find out, Gregory Berns, a neuroscientist at Emory University, trained dogs to go inside an MRI scanner. He ... describes the surprising results in his new book, What It’s Like to Be a Dog

The neuroscientist scans the brains of dogs for glimpses at their inner lives. One conclusion: Fido does love you.

The Cat Train Café aims to raise awareness of stray cats and prevent culling.

Party lines may be sharply divided regarding issues, but not when it comes to animals and their welfare. Today, California Assembly Bill 485, the Pet Rescue and Adoption Act, passed the California State Senate by a vote of 38 to 0. With Assemblymember Rocky Chavez (R-Oceanside) signing on as a co-author and more Republicans voting in favor in both houses, the bill passed with bipartisan support. The bill's supporters are hoping that Gov.

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a southern Oregon couple must quiet their incessantly barking dogs by sending them to the vet to have their voices surgically squelched. The Appeals Court ruled “debarking” surgery is an appropriate solution to a noisy and relentless problem that neighbors living next to the dogs have had to endure for more than a decade on their rural property outside Grants Pass.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is going to pay a Virginia family tens of thousands of dollars after it was found that the animal activists euthanized a 9-year-old girls’ Chihuahua well before the state’s five-day waiting period. Wilber Zarate sued PETA for taking the dog, which was at a mobile home park in Norfolk, unleashed and unattended, and for putting the dog down before the end of the state’s five-day mandatory grace period, The Associated Press reported.

Amid the many worries that accompany the illness, is a terror over how it will affect my pets and my bond with them.

Veterinarians specialized in vision problems are few, but some conditions ailing dogs and other animals can be treated.

The classic self-recognition test gets a makeover for dogs, using smell not sight

Authorities say a Virginia girl's dog stopped her from being abducted by biting a man who grabbed her. Prince William County police said in a statement on Facebook that a 10-year-old girl was walking her dog when an unknown man grabbed her by the arm Friday afternoon in Woodbridge. Prince William County police spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Perok says the dog bit the man, causing him to release the girl and run away. The girl was not injured.

Emotional contagion, the spread of feelings between people and animals, is an emerging field of science.

Will a vegan diet make dogs healthier?

A needless assault on two Minneapolis emotional-support pets is the latest demonstration of a telling problem in law enforcement.

Rio a golden retriever has given birth to a green puppy. The surprise new arrival was one of a litter of nine puppies born to the three-year-old family pet. Louise Sutherland, Rio's owner, admitted she was rather taken aback by the appearance of the puppy. Mrs Sutherland, from Golspie in the Scottish Highlands, has named the dog Forest, the Sun reported.

Pets, especially dogs, may have a salutary effect on health because they add to the rich array of microbes in our homes, to the benefit of our immune systems.

A growing number of companies are offering health insurance for their employees’ dogs, cats and even potbellied pigs.

Molly is the world’s first trained cat detection dog. Her job is to rescue missing moggies. We had been looking for a dog with a particular temperament and intelligence to join our team of pet detectives for 18 months. We had scouts out and had spoken to the country’s top breeders. We needed a quick learner; one small enough to fit into the nooks and crannies cats hide in. Mostly, we needed a dog with no desire whatsoever to chase cats.

A 21-year-old veterinarian technician's grandma was laid up in a hospital and really wanted to see her dog, despite the facility's reluctance to let puppers roam the halls. And so, the diligent granddaughter, Twitter's HennickShelby, determined that the best way to sneak a cute doggo into her grandmother's hospital room is to disguise it as a baby.

Baggy the housemeow is a hilariously cheeky calico cat who lives at Care Rescue Texas with her loving human Derek Krahn aka BigCatDerek, and a whole bunch

Humans speak to dogs using a special speech register called Pet-Directed Speech (PDS) which is very similar to Infant-Directed Speech (IDS) used by parents when talking to young infants. These two type of speech share prosodic features that are distinct from the typical Adult-Directed Speech (ADS): a high pitched voice and an increased pitch variation.

Is this tech's next battleground in major cities?

No experience with human speech is necessary for budgerigars to perceive the difference between "d" and "t", according to a study published May 31, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mary Flaherty from The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA, and colleagues.

Call it an outbreak of stupidity.

A 14-year-old terrier infested with more than 100,000 fleas will live another day thanks to an emergency blood transfusion at a B.C. veterinarian hospital.

Have you heard about the veggie-eating dog who lived to the ripe age of 27? That’s 189 dog years! The dog, Bramble, a blue merle Collie, lived in the UK and held the Guinness World Record for being the oldest living dog at the time. What’s most amazing about this story is that the dog actually lived on a vegan diet of rice, lentils and organic vegetables.

A dog named Maddie is back with its owner after a group of boaters spotted her swimming all alone in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. According to NECN, a ferry off the coast of Falmouth, Massachusetts, was on its way to Martha’s Vineyard when passengers spotted a dog desperately paddling toward their boat. "Everyone on the boat was like, ‘Oh my God! We have to help him,'" Carol Potier told NECN.

Dogs probably dream about their owners while they sleep, an expert has said. Dr Deirdre Barrett, a Clinical and Evolutionary Psychologist at Harvard Medical School, has spent years studying sleep behaviour in humans.

Hundreds of people join a dog owner as he takes his beloved but poorly whippet Walnut on a final walk before the pet is put down.

Dogs tend to live in the moment, accepting each treat, snuggle, or toss of the tennis ball as the whole reason for their existence with a charming singlemindedness. Yet, their understanding of time can be complex.

Going grey due to stress and anxiety is an inseparable part of being human, but new research suggests we are not alone.

Dogs who were saved from the Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China earlier this year are on their way to Montreal and arrive at the SPCA Friday evening.

A dog that no one wanted and was almost euthanized alerts her new owner and neighborhood to a potentially dangerous gas leak. “She is our hero dog because we do not know what the outcome could have been,” said Kailey’s owner, Suzy Chandler. Three-year-old Kailey was adopted last month by Suzy Chandler, but before that the Sheppard mix spent a year on the DeKalb County Animal Services adoption list and came close to being euthanized.

Dogs mirror the personalities of their human companions, according to research.