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Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment

When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment

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Paleolithic dog

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Stone Age dog skeleton hints at complex early relationship with pets

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Life

Dogs pull harder on the leash when they wear a harness than a collar

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She's obsessed with chicken! The tests revealing my dog's inner life

Mind

She's obsessed with chicken! The tests revealing my dog's inner life

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Duke Puppy Kindergarten’s Fall 2021 Class graduates (Ethel, purple; Gilda, green; Dunn, blue; Gloria, gray; and Fearless, orange) on the Chapel steps.

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Inside 'Puppy Kindergarten': Science-based ways to train your dog

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How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

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How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

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Why hairy animals shake themselves dry

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Why hairy animals shake themselves dry

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Life

Puppies as young as 6 weeks old know to ask people for help

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Dog in a Car Window and enjoy road trip; Shutterstock ID 95883655; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Is life better as a dog? A philosopher investigates

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Life

Dogs really do understand that words stand for objects

Pet dogs have different patterns of brain activity when they are shown an object that doesn’t match the word they hear, suggesting they have a mental representation of what words mean

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Health

Can a pill really reverse ageing in dogs? Don't get your hopes up yet

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Hunger-inducing mutation makes some Labradors more likely to get fat

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Life

A simple trick can make a dog treat a stranger as their friend

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Health

Pet dogs smell Parkinson's disease with almost 90 per cent accuracy

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