Scientists may have revealed a way to improve your dogs behavior—by training them to pick up scents. The research from Aberystwyth University, based in Wales in the United Kingdom, found that dogs ...

SEVILLE, Ohio — There are jumping dogs who can leap through a hoop. Diving dogs who will soar off a dock after a favorite toy. Those who fetch with ease, and those who know a long list of tricks.

Dogs can reliably smell when people experience acute stress. They do this by detecting subtle chemical changes in human sweat ...

Jacqueline Boyd is affiliated with The Kennel Club (UK) through membership and as advisor to the Health Advisory Group. Jacqueline is a full member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT #01583) ...

Scent marking is a natural behaviour that animals use to communicate and could occur at any time and in any place. While scent marking may be frustrating, it’s instinctive and serves important ...

Humans can be trained to identify the eggs of the invasive spotted lanternfly. But it’s not easy. The mottled gray color of the egg masses often matches the areas where they’re laid, or they’re ...

A recent study found that dogs can detect odor molecules much lower than what advanced machines can detect. The research highlights dogs' fantastic sense of smell, revealing their ability to detect ...

Can dogs identify our emotional state by scent alone? Back in the 1970s I had a conversation with a colleague from the University of Utah who studied lie detection. He told me "I have been talking to ...