Your dog’s dominant paw reveals surprising secrets about their emotional outlook and personality, and scientists have just developed a new tool to measure it more accurately than ever before.

Like the Star Wars movies, the saga of the use of the “dominance” concept in dog training and behaviour modification has recently entered its third manifestation in the academic literature. The ...

Dogs are often misunderstood by their human companions, especially when it comes to behavior that might be perceived as dominance. This guide explores ten common behaviors that are often misjudged, ...

What if giving voice to the voiceless meant listening to them, before pretending to know what they would say? (Matt Margini, 2016, "What Is It Like to be an Elephant?") That dogs and other companion ...

As time goes on, we learn more about the pets in our lives and how best to care for them, and it can be difficult to keep track of what's recommended and what isn't as advice can fast become outdated.

A dog gets medical care from a veterinarian in a shelter for lost and injured pets set up by volunteers. (Orestis Panagiotou/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Perspective by ...

I would like to start by dispelling a long-held myth that dogs mount things (hump) to exert their dominance over the subject. Dominance theory in dog training, as we generally use and understand it, ...

Dog paws with a spot in the form of heart and human hand close up, top view. Conceptual image of friendship, trust, love, the help between the person and a dog© savitskaya iryna/Shutterstock.com Did ...

What does dominance mean to you? It is a complicated concept, after all. Are your thoughts drawn toward the likes of Mistress Marley, an online dominatrix whose followers send her financial tributes ...