Yes - trained detection dogs have correctly identified breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, ovarian, and bladder cancers in research settings, sometimes with >90% sensitivity. However, this...

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

Dogs can carry human norovirus in their gut without becoming sick, and the virus can be transmitted human-to-dog-to-human. Dogs do not appear to develop typical...

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

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