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Good Dog, Smart Dog
By SARAH KERSHAW The New York Times
The matter of what exactly goes on in the mind of a dog is a tricky one, and until recently much of the research on canine intelligence has been met with large doses of skepticism. But over the last several years a growing body of [...]

We dog owners have known how smart our dogs really are for a long time now but finally Science is catching up.
Dogs are smarter than toddlers, IQ tests show Border Collies and other bright canines can learn up to 250 words
By Jeanna Bryner
Live Science
updated 8:45 a.m. PT, Sun., Aug 9, 2009
The canine IQ test results [...]

I wanted to share this great little article by Cesar Millan that was featured in Parade magazine recently.
Whether you agree or not with Cesar Millan’s training techniques or not is not the issue here but rather his thoughts and lessons regarding what we can learn from our dogs instead of the other way around. Most [...]

Uh, Duh! lol
I love it when Science PROVES things to us that we already knew.
This story hit the news wires today and I wanted to share it with you in case you had not seen it.
(AP) No fair!
What parent has not heard that from a [...]

Friend, member of our BrachyNaturally group at Yahoo and self employed dog trainer, Marie Finnegan posted this wonderful blog post and I wanted to share it with all…. Enjoy!
Reading facial expressions in dogs
I have attended seminars, watched video and seen photos explaining facial expressions in dogs but have noticed a trend towards [...]

This post was in my drafts folder for some reason and I wanted to share it with you all today.
In my never ending quest and thirst for knowledge, I came across this great article that I wanted to share with you all. Most likely, most of us who [...]

By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer
SAN ANTONIO – A new $15 million veterinary hospital for four-legged military personnel opened Tuesday at Lackland Air Force Base, offering a long overdue facility that gives advanced medical treatment for combat-wounded dogs.
Dogs working for all branches of the military and the Transportation Safety Administration are trained at the base [...]

I, like many other people am facinated with and love dolphins. I stumbled on this wonderful little story about a dog and dolphins at DOLPHIN REEF EILAT For more pictures of Lucky and his dolphin friends please go to thier site, underlined above.
This is a story about a group of dolphins and one [...]

Playing With Our Dogs
Serious stuff!
Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, has made a lifelong commitment to improving the relationship between people and animals. She is known worldwide as an expert on canine and feline behavior and training, and for her engaging and knowledgeable books, DVDs and seminars.
Patricia joined us [...]

Clever Canines
Did domestication make dogs smarter?
In my constant search for more understanding and knowledge about God’s creatures and man’s relationship with and to them, I came across this article that was written in 2005.   Not sure how I missed it then however,  I did. 
While the intelligence of animals has always been so very clear to [...]