Monthly Archives: July 2014

Colours – Why can my dog retrieve a blue ball better than a red ball?

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Theo Stewart

Roger Abrantes states here that researchers at the University of California in Santa Barbara confirmed that dogs see color, though not as well differentiated as humans do. Abrantes says that studies performed by Russian scientists demonstrated that dogs tend to … Continue reading →

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Are dogs our prisoners – or slaves even?

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Theo Stewart

Sally Hopkins of dog-games-shop.co.uk has posed the question with an interesting chart to make us think. A dog that is kept shut or tied up alone outside and that is only brought out to do a job for the humans … Continue reading →

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Does your dog share your bed?

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Theo Stewart

Do you let your pet sleep in bed with you? Kristen Seymour of vetstreet.com did a survey of pet owners. Eighty-three percent of the readers and 75 percent of the veterinary professionals they polled said they allow a pet to … Continue reading →

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Don’t like dogs?

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Theo Stewart

Inexplicable though it may seem to us dog lovers: some people don’t like dogs! Many people are scared of dogs. They may have been bitten in the past, they have never been exposed to dogs, or they simply think dogs … Continue reading →

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