Scientists may have revealed a way to improve your dogs behavior—by training them to pick up scents. The research from Aberystwyth University, based in Wales in the United Kingdom, found that dogs ...

Nosework, also known as Scent Work, is a sport in which a dog fully relies on his own sense of smell, turning a dog’s favorite activity — using its nose — into a fun game. In training and in ...

SEVILLE, Ohio — There are jumping dogs who can leap through a hoop. Diving dogs who will soar off a dock after a favorite toy. Those who fetch with ease, and those who know a long list of tricks.

Dogs are capable of using their nose for many tasks: hunting, retrieval, and finding that cookie crumb you dropped beneath the couch. Now we can add “mussel sniffing” to the list. The California ...

Cancer is a leading cause of death in both humans and pets; studies suggest that between one-third and one-half of all dogs ...

Source: pmarkham, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 In the minds of most people, one of the most remarkable abilities that dogs have is their talent for detecting and recognizing scents. Humans have used ...