Pet dogs learn to find invasive plants in German conservation project
A German project brought pet dogs, their owners and professional trainers together to explore a role for volunteer teams in finding invasive plants.
Opportunities and challenges in training volunteer wildlife detection dog-handler teams for invasive plant monitoring
Research on volunteer dog-handler teams learning to detect invasive plants, including training, field tests and the challenges of completing the progr…
Service Dogs, Working Dogs, and Pseudoscientific Drift in the Dog Training Industry: A Critical Review of Terminology, Research Integrity, and the Loss of Operational Precision
Cameron and Oncken’s 2026 critical integrative review, with original abstract, unchanged PDF and an editorial note identifying checked citation limi…
Judge Dog Training by the Life It Leaves Behind
A trainer's job is a better, lasting life for dog and owner. No single narrow measure of a dog's emotions should stand in for that larger question.
The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare
Original research review: The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare Authors: David J. Mellor, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Katherine E.…
Does training method matter? Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare
Original research paper: Does training method matter? Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare Authors: Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro,…
Assessing affective states in domestic dogs through judgment bias tasks: a systematic review of methods, influencing factors, and welfare applications
Original research review: Assessing affective states in domestic dogs through judgment bias tasks: a systematic review of methods, influencing factors, and welfare applications Authors: Valentina…
What Captive Wolves Do After Aggression, and Why Trainers Should Watch Closely
A study of five captive wolf groups compared the minutes after naturally occurring aggression with matched calm periods. Its attention to timing, part…
Differences in post-conflict behaviour in wolves and dog-admixed wolves
Authors: Federica Amici, Katja Liebal, Linda S. Oña, Arne Gretschzel, Tina Altdörfer, Mattia Iacuzzi, George Kamanga, Manon Delaunay, Paolo Ciucci. Publication: Royal Society Open Science,…
Vietnam’s Working-Dog Safety Rules: A Model Worth Examining
Vietnam’s working-dog safety rules grew from a broader worker-protection framework. Their continuation offers a model to examine where a formal prog…
Dogs respond to crying. Are they sharing our sadness?
A study of 35 pet dogs separates their responses to acted crying from evidence that they share a person’s sadness. What the behavior, heart monitors…
Let’s get it together: the relationship between different measures of empathy in dogs
Original open-access research paper comparing behavioral, physiological and owner-reported measures of dogs’ responses to human emotions. Includes t…
When should a dog be desexed? Australian survey shows how vets decide
A survey of 107 Australian veterinarians explores how dog size, owner circumstances and behavioral expectations shape desexing advice, without measuri…
Canine desexing attitudes and practices of Australian veterinarians: A cross-sectional survey
Original open-access study by Impey and colleagues, reporting Australian veterinarians’ canine desexing recommendations and surgical practices. Incl…
Breakfast reduced false alerts in a small scent-detection study
A six-dog study found fewer false alerts after breakfast. A companion paper examined behavior in the same dogs. What the findings mean, and what they …