As I scanned the shelves of old books from our family’s collection in my brother’s study, I spotted “The Fireside Book of Dog Stories.” I had vague memories of it from childhood and was in the mood for reading shorter pieces about dogs, so I borrowed it. Turns out this …
The American Kennel Club website can be a great resource for dog lovers. If you’re like me, you mainly think of the club in terms of dog shows and breed requirements, but the site offers so much more than information about shows and pedigree registration. Here’s a sample of the …
I recently finished reading Fifteen Dogs, by Canadian author André Alexis. This thoughtful book uses dogs given ‘human intelligence’ to explore questions of thought, feeling, life and death, and other aspects of what it means to be human or canine. I would recommend it to all philosophically inclined readers, not just for dog lovers. …
“Do As I Do” dog training, developed by animal behavior scientist Claudia Fugazza (Shown above with one of her dogs), fascinated me when I visited the Family Dog Project in Budapest recently. During this process, the dog learns to copy the moves of the trainer. With the dog sitting in …
Service dogs at the seminar I really enjoyed the broadcast on research at the Family Dog Project in Budapest. In addition to onsite attendees, hundreds of viewers attended from around the world. A dozen presenters gave summaries of their recently published research. The seminar was divided into sections, beginning with What …
During my European trip I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the Clever Dog Lab in Vienna, where scientists are studying different fascinating aspects of dog intelligence, brain function, and behavior. The dogs used in the experiments are family pets from Vienna and the surrounding area whose owners …
Our first stop in Europe was Nuremberg, Germany, infamous as a Nazi center of activity and for the trials of Nazi war criminals, but a lovely city to visit today. We happened to visit at the opening of the Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival. This city is using its dark …
I’ve been on the road in Europe, enjoying many things, including visiting museums and noting lots of dogs in art, like the one above doing what dogs have always done when no one is looking! I think it’s fun to see canine friends immortalized in paint and wonder about their …
Photographer Sophie Gamand used to feel irrational fear at the sight of a pit bull. Then she decided to explore her fear and found a great way to help change the image people have of pit bulls–create lovely photographs after crowning them with garlands of delicate flowers, hardly what you would …
Some of the resources I list elsewhere on this blog may be unfamiliar even to serious dog folks, such as www.doglawreporter.blogspot.com. I stumbled across this goldmine of reliable dog information while writing my book “Dogs on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond.” Dog Law Reporter is by John …
