My family’s black Lab is good at reading body language. In my previous world of teaching and research, I would have concluded that Teddy was effective at interpreting nonverbal cues. Over the past ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: We’re enchanted by Eva, a sweet, young Dalmatian available for ...

It was a novice dog obedience class, where students were preparing their dogs for the first level of formal obedience competition. They were learning the set of exercises which would hopefully lead to ...

A short TikTok video featuring a deaf dog named Myla has been making the rounds for the sweetest reason. In the clip, Myla’s owner communicates with her using hand signs, and Myla follows every ...

Dogs that follow your finger when you point or pick up on hand signals without verbal cues show social intelligence. Even small pups as young as 8 weeks can respond to pointing.

Dear reader, recently the internet, and the nightly news couldn’t get enough of the dog who had learned sign language along with his mom. Apparently, after mom lost her hearing she and her husband ...