Author Regina Lizik Posted on January 5, 2023January 31, 2023Categories Uncategorized
ChatGPT is in step with modern canine behavior science and we’re happy to see it!
ChatGPT is in step with modern canine behavior science and we’re happy to see it!
Author Regina Lizik Posted on December 21, 2022December 21, 2022Categories News
A new genetics study reveals more about the canine division of labor in ancient times, but not about your dog’s individual personality.
A new genetics study reveals more about the canine division of labor in ancient times, but not about your dog’s individual personality.
Author Regina Lizik Posted on August 11, 2022November 30, 2022Categories News
The Darwin’s Ark study on dog behavior and genetics might reset how we all think about and talk about dog behavior.
The Darwin’s Ark study on dog behavior and genetics might reset how we all think about and talk about dog behavior.
Author Janis Bradley Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on Building Social Competence: The real deal in dog safety training
In 2013 the most comprehensive study to date asked whether the dogs (fewer than 1 dog in 2 million) involved in dog bite-related fatalities (DBRF) had anything in common with one another. The collaboration of a veterinary epidemiologist, a public health expert, an animal behaviorist and dog behavior researchers examined the available evidence regarding every DBRF in the US over a 10 year period, a total of 256. They found 7 situations that were often missing in the lives of … Continue reading “Building Social Competence: The real deal in dog safety training”
Author Janis Bradley Posted on September 4, 2021December 17, 2021Categories News Leave a comment on A Dog and Her Family Show Us the Importance of Social Competency
“Oh behave,” we often say to our children and dogs alike, when they do stuff that irritates us. But no one, not kids and not puppies either are born knowing how to “behave.” Understanding what’s expected of them, and how to read the signals others give off, and generally how to behave appropriately in social situations, even to recognize the feelings of others all have to be learned. In the language of developmental psychology, all this learning is collected under … Continue reading “A Dog and Her Family Show Us the Importance of Social Competency”
Author Janis Bradley Posted on August 19, 2021December 17, 2021Categories News Leave a comment on Words Matter 101: Let’s get rid of the A word
I have a personal litmus test for dog knowledge among humans. If someone asks, “is that dog aggressive?” I understand immediately that we are starting from zero. Karen Overall, the noted behaviorist, once said that as far as she could tell, the word “aggression” simply meant anything a person didn’t like. She was speaking to an audience of dog professionals. More than 60 years ago, John Paul Scott, one of the earliest and most revered of canine behavior researchers, declared … Continue reading “Words Matter 101: Let’s get rid of the A word”
Author Janis Bradley Posted on June 17, 2021December 17, 2021Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on The QAnon of Canine Behavior Science
A story on NPR reports that the most popular facebook post on the brief suspension of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine in April was not CNN or NYT or ABC News or Fox News. They were all in the top five, but number one was a conspiracy theorist called An0maly who describes himself as a “news analyst and hip hop artist.” This kind of reliance on wildly unreliable information sources is not limited to high profile public issues. One of the … Continue reading “The QAnon of Canine Behavior Science”
Author National Canine Research Council Posted on August 7, 2019December 17, 2021Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on “What kind of dog is that?” Asking the wrong question and answering it badly
Our review has revealed no findings of breed based behavioral differences that successfully overcome all the difficulties presented by this question.
Our review has revealed no findings of breed based behavioral differences that successfully overcome all the difficulties presented by this question.
Author National Canine Research Council Posted on June 19, 2018May 31, 2022Categories News Leave a comment on Welcome Back to SPARCS + 2018 Conference
Author National Canine Research Council Posted on August 14, 2017May 31, 2022Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on What type of dog is that? Can you tell just by looking?
Take a look at the growing body of evidence on visual breed identification, and commit to shifting the paradigm of how we identify and discuss dogs in our daily lives.
Take a look at the growing body of evidence on visual breed identification, and commit to shifting the paradigm of how we identify and discuss dogs in our daily lives.
