Archive For The “Wild Dog” Category

The Dog Aging Project

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The Dog Aging Project

Want your dog to be a part of science? Dog owners are being asked to volunteer their dogs for research on how the aging process can be slowed. Some dogs will take a pill, while others will just have data collected on their lives. Old dogs, new tricks Otsphoto/Shutterstock As if dogs don’t already do…

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Dia de Los Muertos

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Dia de Los Muertos

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity. – Edvard Munch Can Dogs See Ghosts? By Alexandra Anastasio for The AKC Nibble. While there are people who believe in the paranormal, have you ever wondered whether your dog is able to sense the spirits? After all, canines have extraordinary senses that…

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Warping Dog Brains

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Warping Dog Brains

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. – Charles de Gaulle As humans shaped dogs’ bodies, we also altered their brains By Jason Bittel for the Washington Post. Dogs are a weird bunch. They range in size from bearish behemoths like Newfoundlands to pipsqueaks like Milly, a Chihuahua who measures…

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One Man’s Best Friend Is Another Man’s N-Word

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One Man’s Best Friend Is Another Man’s N-Word

As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white…

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The Dog Psychiatrist

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The Dog Psychiatrist

How Can You Know What Your Dog Is Really Feeling? Depressed, Confused, Excited, Surprised… and We’re Not Listening By Alexandra Horowitz Every day watching dogs I see emotion in them. At the lab, many of the scenes we create for them are inadvertent emotion provocation. I see curiosity directed at a small robotic “dog” toy that dances and plays…

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A Spot Of Bother

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A Spot Of Bother

In Latest Humiliation, Boris Johnson’s Dog Resigns As His Pet By Andy Borowitz September 5, 2019 LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—In the latest in a string of humiliating blows to the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s dog has abruptly resigned as his pet. The dog, whom Johnson named Lord Slobberly, made the announcement in an official statement…

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Dog Day Afternoon

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Dog Day Afternoon

Dogs die. But dogs live, too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don’t waste time being afraid of tomorrow. – Dan Gemeinhart National Dog Day 2019: Why Dogs are Better than Cats, According to…

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The New Rules of Dog Ownership

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The New Rules of Dog Ownership

Many dog owners believe that as much as sixty percent of their pet’s brain is set aside solely to demonstrate applications of the verb “to eat”- in both the active and passive forms. – Stanley Coren Took the puppy to the vet to get a shot. He needs the inoculation because I am hoping to…

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The Rainbow Bridge

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The Rainbow Bridge

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. – James Thurber Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.  When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow…

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My Pronouns Are “Dude” and “Sir”

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My Pronouns Are “Dude” and “Sir”

If you ask yourself, what next?, you damn well better have a good answer. – Barker Ajax That is how I feel sometimes. Watching “The Great Escape”, the old man said out loud, that’s how it feels to be me sometimes. The puppy looked up, maybe because he knew the old man was alone. Talking…

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