Dogs Sneakily Steal Things Because They Understand Human Behavior
They at least seem to knew humans can't see them stealing food in the dark.
Articles tagged "dogs"
Dogs Are More Popular Than Cats on the Internet
And here's the irrefutable evidence to show it.
You Too Can Teach Your Dog to Drive
Everything is upside down down under, innit? Not only does the water go down the drain in the wrong direction, but also, dogs drive.
Cloned Dogs Loose on New York City Streets Are Making Other Dogs Look Bad
One New Yorker likes to let Cosmo and Retro, a pair of collie-Great Pyrenees mixes, roam free on sidewalks and in Central Park. Also, they're clones.
There's Dog Racing, and Then There's the Cutest Dog Race Ever
Dog racing has long been the bastion of degenerate gamblers who can't pony up for the fancier pomp of horse racing, and a racetrack isn't the best place out there to be a dog. It's a cutthroat industry. I a dog is too old to compete, owners often don…
Want to Learn New Things? Go to Sleep
Much of the animal training you see, whether it's at SeaWorld or at a puppy class, is rooted in classical conditioning, the kind of training Pavlov demonstrated when he showed that dogs can be made to salivate at the sound of a bell that repeatedly p…
We Need to Play For the Same Reason Puppies Do
Dogs don't have the kinds of aspirations children do. I don't think they dream of going to space or digging holes to China. But they do play, just like kids. Our children's games must have evolved to help set us up to practice skills we might need…
Watch Dogs Turn into Sausages (and Back Again) in Thomas Edison's 1904 Film "Dog Factory"
_Videodrome is Motherboard's weekly look at the weird old archival footage lurking around the web. Check out old posts "here":http://motherboard.vice.com/search/posts?keyword=videodrome&commit=Search._ I'm not going to wade into the Thomas Edison
Romney Could've Done Worse Than Strapping a Dog Crate To His Car
On Monday night, Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, discussed a “scandal” that has been plaguing her husband’s campaign: During road trips with his family of seven in the 1980s, her husband used to habitually strap their Irish Setter, Seamus, to the car roof i…
Why Dogs Are Better Than Humans at Jump Rope
Both people and dogs love to socialize, explore new things, play with balls, eat steak...and, apparently, jump rope. Here stunt dog trainer Samantha Valle shows off how Geronimo can do double dutch.
Prehistoric Siberian Skull Suggests Dogs are Man's Oldest Friend
Anyone who's had their shoes eaten might not think dogs are really man's best friend, but they're possibly the oldest. A dog skull newly discovered in a Siberian cave is 33,000 years old, and is one of the oldest examples of human domestication of an…
Here's a Video Remix of Dogs in Slow Motion, Shot on a Phantom Camera and Set to Nazareth's 'Hair of the Dog'
It's rare to find two things that pair together as nicely as classic hard rock and slow motion video. It's got to do with dramatic effect and bending time, which are elements very few slow motion videos or classic hard rock songs lack. In other words…
Laika, the "Muttnik" Dog Who Died So We Could Go To Space
Fifty four years ago this week, on November 3rd 1957, the Soviet government launched Sputnik 2. Inside was Laika, the first traveler to voyage beyond our planet's protective embrace. Alongside the specter of Soviet domination and world war, her missi…
When the Human's Away, the Cat Will Play With a Robotic Arm
Telepresence, to say nothing of digital interaction, is already a part of the board room and the bedroom. It stands to reason it belongs in the cat room too. And now, of course, it does. Like many good ideas, the thought of playing with a cat usi…
Pet-Sitting For the Apocalypse
The apocalypse is "back":http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/calif-christian-group-recalculates-biblical-math-now-says-rapture-and-end-of-world-is-friday/2011/10/20/gIQA6Bck0L_story.html, but your pet, who doesn't have a soul, is not coming with y…
Steve Jobs, Pitbull Lover
In all the elegiac coverage of Steve Jobs, there hasn't been much discussion about dogs. Perhaps this is because dogs don't use Apple computers. They do spreadsheets in their heads. More likely, the dearth of canine-related Steve Jobs'…
Ones and Zeros 5/26/11: You Have to Hand It to Science, Ads Have Crossed a Line
_Want access to the hottest LAN parties? Consider committing a crime in China._ h3. ONE: Dog gets equipped with prosthetic paw ("CBS Local":http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/05/24/dog-gets-first-chance-to-walk-on-all-fours/) h3. ZERO: Ads imp…
THE POST-RAPTURE PET SITTER
Last night was probably a busy one for Bart Centre of New Hampshire. He is the founder of "Eternal Earthbound Pets":http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com, a service that places pets who are not lifted into the sky during today's rapture into the loving
The Dumb War Over "Dog Wars"
This week, dog lovers have taken to the Internet to trounce upon a new Android app called Dog Wars. In the game’s teaser image, a pitbull’s face is covered with blood. The game leads you through how to feed, raise, train and even give steroids to you…
