Coevolution of Humane-Dog Bonds- The Bark

Coevolution of Humane-Dog Bonds: How better to spend a chilly winter afternoon than gazing into a pair of warm canine eyes? As it turns out, there’s a perfectly rational reason to do so, one that also suggests how dogs became our “truest companions.”

Love Story by Patricia McConnell /The Bark

In 1992, I fell in love with a dog named Luke. I brought him home from a herding dog trial one chilly October evening, not sure whether I’d keep him, not sure I wanted another dog. A gangly adolescent, Luke had been a disappointment to his first owner, who reported that he wouldn’t come when called and had failed his first herding lessons. I’d had my eye on him ever since he was a pup, and had told the owner to let me know if she ever decided to sell him.

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 “‘Le loup retourne toujours au bois’—literally ‘The wolf always returns to the woods’—is an old French expression that means we always go back to our roots. At its most literal interpretation, the proverb pays tribute to decades of conservation efforts to reintroduce the wolf back to the American landscape.”  Ray Wan

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An Opossum Clung On To This Dog And Never Let Go. Wait Until Y...

An Opossum Clung On To This Dog And Never Let Go. Wait Until You See Them NOW!

Posted by Amazing on Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Household Additions The Bark

Household Additions: Maggie’s “Drop It” used to be perfect, making games of fetch effortless from the human side of things. However, today she was hesitant to let go of the tennis ball. Instead of putting it at my feet instantly, it look her anywhere from five to 30 seconds to release it, and sometimes she grabbed for it when she had just put it down. I wasn’t thrilled to see this change in her behavior, but neither was I surprised. A new puppy had just joined the family, and that can have all sorts of effects on other dogs’ behavior.