At least one study has indicated that dogs can become infected with the virus, deveop a titer, but
the dogs in the study did not demonstrate transmission.
Reisner cautions that the association between bad behavior and illness in half of the dogs in the study doesn't imply that medical problems were the cause of the bad behavior.
The normal
dogs in the study did not show elevated levels of pNF - H.
In a simple experiment, the researchers determined that wolves have the ability to learn by observing a dog carrying out an action, while most
dogs in the study did not.
The dogs in this study did not perform strenuous work but were active and alert during their working hours.
Not exact matches
Researchers first discovered the metabolic switch
in 2005, when a team headed by Oklahoma State University's Michael Davis — who has been investigating the metabolic, gastrointestinal, respiratory and blood systems of sled
dogs for 10 years —
did a controlled
study at a professional racing kennel
in Alaska.
The
study, published
in open - access journal Frontiers
in Veterinary Science, also shows that the
dogs did not suffer from a buildup of electrolytes from the drink, suggesting that electrolyte drinks are a safe hydration alternative for sniffer
dogs, who are at risk of heat stroke
in hot weather.
«We've
done some clinical
studies in dogs showing that misconception.
Surprisingly, Hoffman's
study did not find any differences between males and females
in their associations between
dog characteristics and attachment to
dogs.
So if, as our research suggests,
dog intelligence is structured similarly to ours,
studying a species that doesn't smoke, drink, use recreational drugs and
does not have large differences
in education and income, may help us understand this link between intelligence and health better.
And the trouble with extrapolating so much from mouse
studies is that «nobody has actually shown over the long term how long these quote un-quote improvements persist, and we don't know whether it's broadly improving aspects of aging or it's specific to certain tissues,» said Matt Kaeberlein, a biologist who
studies aging
in dogs and other animal models at the University of Washington.
Dogs, the scientists conclude from this first study of pet dogs barking in their natural environment (their owners» homes), do indeed pay attention to and glean detailed information from their fellows» ba
Dogs, the scientists conclude from this first
study of pet
dogs barking in their natural environment (their owners» homes), do indeed pay attention to and glean detailed information from their fellows» ba
dogs barking
in their natural environment (their owners» homes),
do indeed pay attention to and glean detailed information from their fellows» barks.
«They've made the first comparative
study using nonhuman primates of the cerebral processing of voices, and they've
done it with a noninvasive technique by training
dogs to lie
in a scanner.»
«
Dogs were bred to get along with us and to pay close attention to us, but not necessarily to cooperate the way wolves
do,» says Frans de Waal, a primatologist at Emory University
in Atlanta who was not involved with the
study.
Scientists who
study faces today
do not rely on their pet
dogs or letters from friends
in Brazil.
Dr Tom Doyle, lead author of the
study and Lecturer
in Zoology from the School of Natural Sciences at NUI Galway, said: «What most people don't understand is that these jellyfish — the lions mane, the Portuguese man o war and a box jellyfish, are as different from each other as a
dog and a snake.
Now, a
study of more than 100
dog burials
in prehistoric Japan claims to provide the strongest evidence yet that early
dogs did indeed help people hunt — and may have been critical to human survival
in some parts of the world.
Don't let it lie unloved
in a drawer when it could be minding your valuables, helping your chess game or even
studying your
dog
«Our
study demonstrates that
dogs can distinguish angry and happy expressions
in humans, they can tell that these two expressions have different meanings, and they can
do this not only for people they know well, but even for faces they have never seen before,» says Ludwig Huber, senior author and head of the group at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna's Messerli Research Institute.
A new
study finds that when a ball appears to magically change size
in front of their eyes, female
dogs notice but males don't.
«Our
study is unique as it
does not only compare
dogs and wolves living under identical conditions, with a same history and training regime,» Bräuer adds, «We also compared
dogs living
in packs to pets living with their human families.»
«For example,
in our
study region, hunter - gatherers
did not cultivate or raise livestock, although they
did keep domestic
dogs,» Bonsall said.
Sharpe said that further
studies are needed to investigate what roles
did animals, like
dogs, play
in the evolution of the Mayan civilization or the ancient Mesoamerica
in general.
However, this is certainly not a confounder
in our
study because the
dogs do not have to fulfill a certain task, but perform everyday routine behavior.
With remarkable results on the link between pets and happiness coming up
in study after
study, it's easy to think that getting a
dog will not only help heal mental health issues but can be an extra happiness boost for those of us who are already
doing pretty well
in the happiness department.
For that article, I can not find a link to the actual
study, so I don't know what «high fat» means (nor
do I know why a
dog would be given a high fat diet
in the first place).
Researchers found that people who said they had a pet
in both 1996 and 2001 had the fewest doctor visits, followed by people who had acquired a pet by 2001; the group of people who
did not have a pet at either time had the highest number of doctor visits.11 Similarly, a
study of women
in China found that those who were
dog owners had fewer doctor visits, took fewer days off sick from work, and exercised more often than non-
dog owners.12
In 2010, a
study done on more than 4500 people also found that
dog lovers were more extroverted.
NPR.org states one of the earliest
studies in this area, conducted
in the 1980s, found heart attack patients who owned
dogs lived longer than those who
did not.
One researcher, Professor Christine Harris shared, «Our
study suggests not only that
dogs do engage
in what appear to be jealous behaviours but also that they were seeking to break up that connection between the owner and a seeming rival.»
«The
study of nearly 400 children found that
dogs were especially protective, and the babies who lived with
dogs during their first year were about one - third more likely to be healthy during their first year, compared to babies who didn't have a pet
in the home.»
For example,
in studies that were
done dogs only missed their owners a small bit when the owners had been gone for just 30 minutes.
Out of the 82 original
dogs in the
study, seven inflicted bites - one caused by a pit bull (
did not break the skin), two by the other
dog breeds (that
did not break the skin) and four from the other
dog breed (
did break the skin).
Concurrently a
study in Labrador retrievers has identified a mutant variant of ATP7B (Chr22) the Wilson disease copper transporter gene
in their affected
dogs while COMMD1
does not appear to be involved
in affected
dogs in this and other breeds.
A
study released this month
in Applied Animal Behaviour Science finds that environmental factors and even owner characteristics have more to
do with whether or not a
dog will be aggressive than merely breed type.
Studies done in the 1990's concluded
dogs spayed or neutered under one year of age grew significantly taller than non-sterilized
dogs or those not spayed / neutered until after puberty.
Recently,
studies have been
done to examine the use of gene therapy to treat type I diabetes
in dogs.
If you doubt this, see Health Defects
in Purebred
Dogs (3)
study the then and now photos and don't be discouraged, be inspired to
do better and work harder
in your breed club.
A
study done in 2001 looked at five different raw diets and concluded that all of them had too much or too little of certain nutrients, which can lead to health problems for
dogs.
In fact, recent studies show that doing temperament tests upon intake to a shelter environment are not accurate predictors of the dog's behavior in a hom
In fact, recent
studies show that
doing temperament tests upon intake to a shelter environment are not accurate predictors of the
dog's behavior
in a hom
in a home.
CASE
STUDY:
In the first video you'll see Diesel, a Rottweiler we did dog training with in Fairhaven, M
In the first video you'll see Diesel, a Rottweiler we
did dog training with
in Fairhaven, M
in Fairhaven, MA.
While the same
study does not yet exist for cats, we have very compelling data that links excess weight and decreased life expectancy
in dogs.
A
study done in 2007 tested a single remedy, Belladonna 200C,
in ten
dogs with idiopathic (no known cause) epilepsy.
CASE
STUDY: Veeshka is a German Shepherd we
did dog training with
in Fall River, MA.
Owners with > 1
dog in their household reported a higher degree of attachment to the
study dog than
did owners of 1
dog.
CASE
STUDY: The first
dog is Jake
doing dog training
in Dartmouth, MA.
CASE
STUDY: We
did dog training
in Acushnet, MA to help Nala, a Pit Bull, with an attitude towards other
dogs when she is on leash.
The Golden Retriever
study found that although there were no cases of cruciate tear
in the intact
dogs, 5 % of males neutered before 12 months and 8 % of females
did suffer tears.
It might also be helpful for
studies regarding joint diseases to evaluate whether or not there is a correlation between activity levels
in neutered and intact
dogs; i.e.
do more neutered
dogs participate
in dog sports such as agility and flyball than intact
dogs, increasing the occurrence of joint disease?
Most breeders don't use pet
dogs; they
study pedigrees and the winning
dogs in the show rings, then choose the
dog (s) they want to use.