All canines are interested in each other’s back ends because they contain a lot of pheromones and smell glands. But why would dogs lick or drink the female dog’s urine? Dogs have a particular scenting organ (Jacobson) on the roof of their mouths, near the front, which causes the sniffing and chattering of the jaw. … Read more
Working for an animal’s trust and learning to speak their language is worthwhile, and an animal’s trust is a gift, regardless of who provides it initially. Regarding trust and loyalty, dogs and cats will almost always be different. Dogs are incredibly expressive of emotions, and it is usually relatively simple to figure out what they … Read more
The most common explanation is that dogs follow their foraging instinct. If a lone wild dog, wolf, or coyote comes upon a recent kill, they will steal from it. They don’t want to hang around because the initial predator may be larger than them. As a result, they’ll take a bite or two and walk … Read more