Showing posts with label dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dogs. Show all posts
27 August 2014

GPS Data Reveal How Sheepdogs Herd Sheep

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Scientists using GPS technology have figured out how sheepdogs efficiently herd sheep. This may help in developing robots that can perform ...
01 November 2013

Direction of Tail Wag of Dogs Denotes Positive or Negative Emotion and Influence Behavior of Other Dogs

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A research team has discovered that the direction of the tail wag of a dog reflects its general emotion and that other dogs responds to it ...
18 January 2013

Dog Database Set Up To Help Quantify Health, Illness, and Care of Dogs

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A database for dogs was set up to help veterinarians study patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions of dogs in a defi...
26 April 2012

Dogs Can Be Manipulated Through Human Cues

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There are two ways to communicate with a dog; a command and a cue. A command is a simple word or expression that the dog is trained to un...
21 February 2012

Obese Dogs Find Better Quality of Life After Weight Loss

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Obesity is a disease that can be defined as an excess of body fat that is enough to impair health, welfare and quality of life. Obesity is ...
09 February 2012

Dogs Understand Better Than Chimpanzees When Humans Point To Something

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A study published in the online journal PLoS One reveals that dogs are better then chimpanzees at interpreting pointing gestures. When some...
06 January 2012

Dogs Know When We Want To Talk To Them

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Dogs can read our intent. They not only pick up on the words we say but also when we want to communicate with them. This is according to J...