Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes will pay tribute to Rescue, who died last September at the age of 13, with a celebration of ...

When Emerson Jaquish’s mother decided 10 years ago to get a saluki, the contract for the dog said that the canine needed to be “shown.” In other words, if they were to buy the dog, they would be ...

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Children learn responsibility, kindness, and love while caring for their four-legged companions.

This year, the Puppy Bowl isn't just about puppies. Older dogs are getting some attention, too. There will be a halftime showdown between Team ...

Could dogs ever learn something like speech? A new review explores the science behind enhancing canine communication.

But does this all now mean dogs learn words like children do? After all the new paper about overhearing used a approach designed to study understanding in human toddlers. The answer is: not quite.

This is not comparable to word learning in children. By around age two, typical English-speaking children learn approximately ten new words each day, reaching an average vocabulary of about 60,000 ...

For some dogs, picking up the names of new toys is as easy as listening in on human conversation 1. Typical family dogs can understand action words such as ‘sit’, but not words that describe objects.

A family pet is often a child’s first close relationship outside the human world. Through daily care, uncomplicated affection and eventual loss, children learn that love is an action, grief is ...

NEW YORK — Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called. Only an elite ...

NEW YORK — Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called. The Associated ...