Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His owner says, “Max, stop chasing that squirrel and sit down,” and Max obeys. Can ...

The last District 10 boys’ soccer game of the 2024 regular season was also one of its best. The matchup alone presented intrigue. The 80 minutes played between Cathedral Prep (13-5) and McDowell (14-4 ...

Dog owners are going to love the latest scientific poop on pooches: yes, your pup may be listening even when you aren't directly addressing them. The new study, published in the Jan. 8 issue of the ...

Spelling F-O-O-D or O-U-T might only get you so far around your dog if he or she is considered a Gifted Word Learner (GWL). Researchers have just figured out that even when you're not talking to them ...

Gifted Dogs Can Learn Words By Eavesdropping On Family Conversations, Experiments Show By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Jan. 9, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A basic part of dog training is ...

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Dogs are renowned for their remarkable ability to learn human language via training—now a new groundbreaking study has just revealed that some are even smarter than that. Published in the journal ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Just like with toddlers, it’s often better to spell out certain ...

When it comes to cognitive ability, not all dogs are created equal. Most dogs can learn simple action cues like “sit” or “down.” But so-called “gifted word learner” (GWL) dogs exhibit a remarkable ...

Research suggests they learn as well as 1.5-year-old toddlers. Long recognized as a skill used by toddlers who are learning to understand language, scientists have discovered that a rare subset of ...

Gifted word learner dogs seem capable of eavesdropping about as well as 18-month-old toddlers, the study researchers say. Reading time 4 minutes Dogs might have more tricks up their furry sleeves than ...