A model simulating the life cycle of gray wolves revealed that proactive management could effectively reduce admixture with dogs, but effectiveness depends on mate choice, immigration, and anthropogenic mortality. #CanineSci conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Five routes to well-being via dog ownership: benefits of care routines, mood-boosting effects, facilitation of human-human bonds, provision of unconditional love, and the belief that negative experiences are ultimately worth it. #CanineScience tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The willingness to pay for dog products and services is linked to speciality purchases and activity/youth. Women are willing to buy dog products more often than men in India. #CanineScience emerald.com/insight/conten…

Based on dog aging and mortality studies covering about 40 years (1981 to 2023), the lifespan of dogs has increased steadily. Dog lifespan ranged from 8.5 to 15.4 years, with the majority of more recent studies reporting longer lifespans. #CanineNews avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/…

Dog faecal composting: This review discusses how existing methods and quality standards for commercial compost can be adapted to dog faecal home composting. #CanineScience setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../10.1002/ie…

Both rehabilitation complemented with dog therapy and a conventional program improved the quality of life of the participants, but the latter reduced symptoms of depression, whereas dog therapy did not in a Hungarian rehabilitation centre. #CanineScience link.springer.com/article/10.118…

The home range sizes of 14 GPS-collared central European wolves were 213 km², smaller for breeding individuals. Wolves generally preferred remote areas and forests, though those in military training areas also showed a preference for grassland. #CanineSci nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.100…

Our Citizen science study on companion dogs and pigs found that both species distinguish between human emotional vocalizations, but only dogs adjust their behavior to the valence and arousal of the heard vocalizations. Study - doi.org/10.1016/j.anbe… VA - youtu.be/zWW48mK_p9E

Pet dogs (N = 92) did not demonstrate perspective-taking abilities in a test, as they did not use their previous experiences with visual barriers to infer a human's visual access, contrasting with the behavior observed in infants and apes. #CanineScience royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

Wolves consume more livestock (cattle and goats) than jackals and coyotes. For jackals, the consumption of pigs was higher than equines and sheep. Domestic species in wolf diets have been observed in areas where the wild prey availability is degraded. italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Differences-in…

In Brazil, tick infestation is an indicator of socio-environmental risk for Toxoplasmosis exposure in the household environment, and dogs may be used as sentinels for human toxoplasmosis cases. #CanineScience mdpi.com/2414-6366/9/7/…

This review explores how the gut microbiome influences disease etiology and health in dogs. Due to lifestyle similarities and social interactions, humans and animals experience many of the same diseases that are influenced by the gut microbiota. academic.oup.com/af/article/14/…

Family Dog Project researchers developed questionnaires and behavioural tests for assessing inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity in dogs. #CanineScience mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/1…

Dog owners in the US prioritize reward-based training methods and consider the stressfulness and reliability of methods more important than speed of results, with most valuing recall, calmness when home alone, and good manners around people and other dogs. research.ed.ac.uk/en/publication…

ELTE researchers found that dogs, but not pigs, show attachment behaviors towards their owners, which suggests that domestication and human exposure aren't enough to create human-like attachment in companion animals. 🐷🐶 Read more here: nature.com/articles/s4159…

This paper presents a model based on Neural Networks for identifying seven different dogs’ behaviors. Data was collected from two sensors attached to the dog’s back and neck. #CanineScience link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Therapy dogs can effectively manage self-reported dental anxiety in adults, despite no significant differences in heart rate variability between groups. #CanineScience pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38905604/

An 8-week joint outdoor exercise program (at least 2 km walk twice a week) improved dog owners' self-reported quality of life despite no reductions in body measurements and reduced dogs' body condition scores. #CanineScience nature.com/articles/s4159…

Research suggesting that pet ownership improves health is largely funded by the pet care industry. #CanineScience undark.org/2024/06/24/fuz…

New FDP study shows the wide range of reasons that people have for choosing their dogs, which can help ensure better matches between dogs and their owners, improving the well-being of both. mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/1…