Dr. Brian Hare's Voyages of Discovery lecture at East Carolina University reminds us that the evolution of dogs is not just a pet story — it is a case study in how friendliness, cooperation, and shared intentionality can reshape a species.
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The new book from Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods takes readers inside the Duke Puppy Kindergarten — eight weeks that decide whether a puppy will graduate to service work, and what every owner can borrow from the curriculum.
Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods's argument that friendliness — not aggression — drove dog domestication has aged well. Here is the new evidence that has accumulated since the book came out.
Dogs are often referred to as “man’s best friend,” and for good reason. They are loyal, affectionate, and have an uncanny ability to understand us humans in a way that no other animal can. But have you ever wondered how dogs evolved to become our faithful companions? The 60-minute segment “Survival of the Friendliest: How...
Clicker training is widely popular method by professional dog trainers, but is it the most successful and efficient way to train your canine best friend?
Make no barks about it! Dognition, the science-based assessment that enhances the relationship between dogs and their owners, will be returning to prime time television this spring. This time with Is Your Dog A Genius?, a three-part series on Nat Geo WILD.
It’s clear that the dogs we know and love are very distinct from wolves. Aside from variations in their genetic code, the way dogs interact with and behave around us humans is very different from the behavior of typical wolves, even if the dogs and wolves are raised in similar conditions. In particular, the special...
Father’s Day is a time to celebrate the father figure in your life. One of the lessons my dad taught me is to play to my strengths. The example story that stuck with me, as I love dogs, was about his mixed breed dog in college named Astro. My dad saw a sign on campus...
Does this happen to you? You’re out on a walk with your dog, and your pup’s focus is on excitingly smelling the ground, the air, and whoever you pass. Dogs are known for having incredible noses. Here are 5 cool facts about dog noses: 1. A dog’s sense of smell is 10,000 – 100,000 times more acute as...
Our Dr. Brian Hare has written an Op-Ed for LiveScience about what our dogs really want for Christmas. He writes: What does your dog want for Christmas? Anything you want, apparently. In new results from our research at Dognition, it seems that dogs are heavily influenced by their owners when it comes to choosing toys,...
The Genius of Dogs is intended as a fun yet comprehensive review of the published scientific literature relevant to understanding dog cognition. In the last ten years there has been an explosion of scientific research and discovery around dog cognition, and this work had not yet been reviewed in a popular book. Dognition is of...