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Dog intelligence or dog cognition is the process in dogs of acquiring information and conceptual skills, and storing them in memory, retrieving, combining and comparing them, and using them in new situations. [1] Studies have shown that dogs display many behaviors associated with intelligence. They have advanced memory skills, and are able to ...
The Intelligence of Dogs: A Guide to the Thoughts, Emotions, and Inner Lives of Our Canine Companions is a 1994 book on dog intelligence by Stanley Coren, a professor of canine psychology at the University of British Columbia. [1] The book explains Coren's theories about the differences in intelligence between various breeds of dogs.
Similarly, dogs preferentially use the behaviour of the human Knower to indicate the location of food. This is unrelated to the sex or age of the dog. In another study, 14 of 15 dogs preferred the location indicated by the Knower on the first trial, whereas chimpanzees require approximately 100 trials to reliably exhibit the preference. [39] [29]
Dogs are among the animals taking part in research to determine how much animals know about impending natural disasters
Dogs smile by pulling one or both lips back and may show all or some teeth. The "smiling" is often accompanied by other greeting behavior s, like approaching, wagging or even whining.
As dogs grow older, their performance and ability to learn new smells is reduced. Female dogs have a greater sense of smell than males. A variety of diseases can decrease a dog's sense of smell, such as canine distemper and nasal mites. Dogs have an enhanced sense of smell when fed a high-fat, low-protein diet. There are a number of theories ...
Dog behavior is the internally coordinated responses of individuals or groups of domestic dogs to internal and external stimuli. [1] It has been shaped by millennia ...
Cynology / s ɪ ˈ n ɒ l ə dʒ i / (rarely kynology, / k ɪ ˈ n ɒ l ə dʒ i /) is the study of matters related to canines or domestic dogs.In English, it is a term sometimes used to denote a serious zoological approach to the study of dogs [1] as well as by writers on canine subjects, dog breeders, trainers [2] [3] and enthusiasts who study the dog informally.