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Elizabeth Wictum, associate director of the school’s veterinary forensics lab, said though the puppies were deemed genetically identical, “in terms of how identical the dogs would be, we don’t entirely know how much genetics play in terms of personality.”
“Their environment plays a role in developing the animal’s personality,” she said.
source: New York Times, United States
Scientists in Austria report in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a dog may stop obeying a command if it sees that another dog is getting a better deal.
In this way dogs may be showing a sensitivity that is similar to, although perhaps more primitive than, that shown […]
source: Man’s Best Friend Forever
But canine fabrication is not a new idea. There weren’t any trendy “designer” hybrids like puggles or schnoodles on Noah’s ark, nor even any certified purebreds like Boston terriers or French bulldogs. As their not-exactly-biblical names suggest, these dogs are modern inventions, painstakingly crafted by uncompromising artisans following detailed blueprints, a.k.a. […]
source: Bark Blog by Lisa Wogan
The little lime-green collar gadgets use radio, software, Internet and social networking technologies to allow humans to monitor their pup’s activity and spark up new relationships — all from a distance.
source: Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
An American professor is preparing to market a form of canine gene therapy, which would see dogs injected with substances which switch off the genes that regulate their muscle growth….
Ten years ago he created “mighty mice” in the lab with enormous muscles […]
source: MarketWatch
Leader Dogs for the Blind is the first dog guide school in the United States to permanently integrate a talking GPS navigational tool into dog guide classes for people who are blind and visually impaired. HumanWare, makers of the GPS Trekker Breeze, has partnered with Leader Dogs for the Blind to launch this completely […]
source: MarketWatch
SNIF Labs has unveiled a pet accessory, the SNIF Tag, that combines wireless sensing and social networking technologies to give dog owners peace of mind to supervise their dog’s […]
source: Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
Dogs are the only animals that can read emotion in faces much like humans, cementing their position as man’s best friend, claim scientists.
# Dogs have a sense of right and wrong
# Dogs ‘may be able to read their owner’s minds’
# Dogs display aspects of human intelligence
Research findings suggest that, like an understanding best […]
source: Science Daily
Yet with a cost averaging $16,000 per dog – not to mention the two years of training required to hone these skills – the demand for these canines’ exceeds their availability.
But what if these duties could be accomplished with an electronic companion that provides the same efficiency at a fraction of the […]
source: Discovery Channel
An international team of scientists has just identified what they believe is the world’s first known dog, which was a large and toothy canine that lived 31,700 years ago and subsisted on a diet of horse, musk ox and reindeer, according to a new study.
The discovery could push back the date for […]