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Greyhounds are known for their impressive speed, but this affectionate dog breed is also surprisingly low-key when it’s not ...

It's often said that there are two kinds of people in this world: dog people and cat people. Folks who have dogs as pets tend to enjoy their pup's happy-go-lucky, sociable nature, while cat lovers are ...

Scroll social media for five minutes and you’ll find a thousand versions of the same claim: dogs who “talk back,” sit like humans, shadow their owners from room to room, and seem more interested in ...

In short order, Teddy—a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 3-year-old yellow Lab—punched a wall button with his nose, yanked a rope ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jen Reeder is an award-winning journalist who specializes in pets. Though most Americans have never seen a Danish-Swedish farmdog, ...

Around 80 million dogs live in U.S. homes, and our ability to read their emotions needs work, research finds. Humans don’t understand dogs’ body language and corresponding emotions as well as we think ...