A complete assessment of animal welfare requires not just an understanding of negative emotional states, such as fear and anxiety, but also of positive states, such as calmness and happiness. However, few studies have identified accurate and reliable indicators of positive emotional states in dogs. This study aimed to identify […]
Dogs may understand more than we know
Few dog owners would disagree their dog can instantly recognise the words for ‘walk’, ‘dinner’ or ‘ball’, for example, but a study led by researchers from Hungary’s Eötvös Loránd University wanted to take this recognition a step further, and find out what might be happening in a dog’s brain in […]