Dog Questions Answered

Yes - trained detection dogs have correctly identified breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, ovarian, and bladder cancers in research settings, sometimes...

Puppies chase their tails as play and self-discovery. Occasional tail-chasing in adult dogs is usually boredom or attention-seeking. But repetitive,...

Dogs can carry human norovirus in their gut without becoming sick, and the virus can be transmitted human-to-dog-to-human. Dogs do...

Adult dogs sleep 12-14 hours per day, puppies and seniors 18-20 hours, on a polyphasic schedule (lots of short naps)....

Dogs pant primarily to cool down - they have very few sweat glands and rely on evaporative cooling from the...

Dogs don’t catch human rhinoviruses, but they do get respiratory infections that look just like colds - sneezing, nasal discharge,...

Mostly it's the salt and skin chemistry - your feet are the saltiest, most scent-rich part of your body for...

Dogs get canine influenza virus (CIV) - H3N8 and H3N2 strains - from other infected dogs, not from human flu...

Tail wagging is a communication signal, not automatically a 'happy' signal. The interpretation depends on the position (high, neutral, low),...

Dogs rarely develop a rash from poison ivy - their fur blocks the urushiol oil from reaching the skin. The...