Dan Smith

Some dogs like their space, but others want to be there with you every second of the day. If that sounds...

Cats have a reputation for doing exactly what they want. That independence can make it easy to miss how much they...

Some dogs seem to understand what you’re asking almost instantly. How quickly they catch on usually depends on working intelligence, which...

Most animals don’t keep the same schedule we do. While we try to squeeze in eight hours and call it a...

Bringing home a rescue dog can be deeply rewarding. But it also comes with unknowns. Many adopted dogs have pasts marked...

Daily home life sounds normal to humans, but dogs experience many of those same sounds at higher intensity because they hear...

Dogs experience the world through scent in a way that’s almost alien to humans. Their noses have up to 300 million...

Some dogs read a room better than most people. Change your tone, sigh a little heavier than usual, and they are...

Some dogs handle stress better than others. But for certain breeds, it is wired into how they react to the world....

Living with a dog means living with an animal that constantly reads human behavior. They have a way of tracking facial...