What affects us affects cats
Studies have concluded that dogs can learn the meaning of words when listening to overheard speech to a similar standard as is attained by young children. Although the Times tells us that “Out of 34 family dogs tested in a 2021 study, only one was able to learn multiple toy names after training.” As …
We know that dogs have an enormous capacity to detect the odour of a tiny number of odour molecules. For years they’ve been trained to detect cancer in urine for example. They can detect various types of cancer; so refined is their nose and their trainability. The dog is incredibly useful in detecting disease …
Recently, there was a trend in which couples tested whether they wanted to have a child by adopting a dog to see how that went. It was a kind of training ground and a test for them to see where their sympathies really lay. It appears that that testing ground has moved on because …
Here’s the reality check on the viral Wuffy Robot Dog-type products and the much-seen media around them 🍖🐕🦺… 🎥 Are real dogs used in the ads? Yes — and that’s exactly part of the issue. The promotional media you’ve likely seen (very cute dogs walking, responding to people, seeming almost alive) isn’t footage of …
In December 2025, Congress approved a significant change to U.S. defense policy by cutting funding for dog and cat experimentation at the Department of Defence (DoD). The move was included in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an annual must-pass bill that sets military spending priorities. The decision follows years of investigations and …
Why Their First-Hand Reporting Matters — Two respected Times reporters (Catherine Philp and Jack Hill – photographer) have, based on first hand observations seen a slackening of the enforcement of the strange (to Westerners) ban on walking dogs in Iran. Here is a report on that development which is in parallel with a loosening …
A dog obsessed with a ball, barking incessantly until someone throws it, might seem like a nuisance. But when such behaviour is labelled a symptom of anxiety and treated with medication, it reveals something deeper — not about the dog, but about us. In one recent case, a dog was diagnosed as anxious because …
Alternative title: The Quick Fix for Fat Dogs. A Mirror of Human Decline The latest frontier of pharmaceutical innovation is not aimed at curing cancer, nor even at solving human obesity. Instead, drug companies are now developing Ozempic-style appetite suppressants for dogs and cats. On the surface, this sounds compassionate — tackling a growing …
