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 ...

Curious to learn more about allergen detection service dogs? Read on as we explore expert-backed facts on allergy-alert dogs, including how you can get one.

A woman with long, curly brown hair wearing a yellow shirt cuddles a shiba inu dog. Source: Vitaly Gariev / Pexels She curls up in your old sweater for comfort while you’re at work and could find her ...

How does training a cadaver dog differ from training other types of sniffer dogs, like drug- and bomb-detecting canines? Scent is scent, so the training itself is not greatly different. You introduce ...

Dogs have a truly astonishing sense of smell that goes far beyond anything we could imagine. From picking up the scent of a potential mate miles away to uncovering an explosive, a dog's nose is always ...

A dog’s nose is very sensitive. According to Sharon Ward, a training officer with Pacific Crest Search Dogs, while humans have 10 million receptors for odor, dogs have 250 million. “We, for example, ...

WENATCHEE – One by one, 17 dogs were led up a manicured grass lawn to a live rattlesnake, and one by one, their experience was a shocking one. After each got a good whiff of the snake enclosed in a ...