dogs

Anyone (UK) see the TV programme last night of the same title? Looked interesting. A couple of things struck me. The reaction of some in the scientific community seemed to me to bordering on cynicism rather than skeptcism. Seems to me some of them had a bit of a closed mind about something...

Ok, here's the deal. I have a minpin and he loves to eat mucus...out of my nose. I didn't train him to do this, I just wake up and there he is, tounge up my nose lickin' away. Is this "normal" behaviour for a small dog like this? It act like Prozac at times on him. it's kinda funny, in a...

...anyone else. I've always had my pets spayed or neutered as soon as they were deemed old enough. I'm now reading on dog-boards that females shouldn't be spayed until they've had their first season and that males should be cocking a leg to pee before they're neutered. Reasoning appears to be...

B. F. Skinner defined "superstitious" behavior as behavior under the control of noncontingent reinforcement, or reinforcement occurring without any causal connection with the organism's behavior. ("Superstition in the Pigeon", 1948) In humans, we call it "Post hoc, ergo propter hoc." We are...

From WebMD: I have heard this said before. Would this be categorized as "strengthening the immune system"? Or is that not correct terminology?

Dogs show huge differences in personality, according to a US scientist who has developed a test to assess canine character. Dr Sam Gosling, of the University of Texas, rates the dogs on four key traits with positive and negative extremes. He adds that his work suggests pets should be matched...

I have 2 golden retrievers. Lets say I have an odd # of treats----7 or 9 for example. I toss one to dog A first--then one to dog B----then back to dog A...etc etc until done. Dog A obviously got one more treat than dog B. Does Dog B know he was shortchanged.........and is he a little ticked...

Studies show that dogs may be able to sniff for malignant conditions : http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1096024327518_15?s_name=&no_ads=

"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can have dogs check out motorists' vehicles for drugs even if officers have no particular reason to suspect illegal activity...." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&ncid=701&e=2&u=/ap/20050124/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_drug_dogs...