While many experts suggest that healthy social interaction is the key to a joyful, balanced, and fulfilling life, the best kinds of connections aren't always with humans. In fact, our attachments with ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — At one Mt. Juliet sanctuary, nobody says that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary gives senior dogs a second chance. It’s hard not to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jen Reeder is an award-winning journalist who specializes in pets. Achilles, a 10-year-old boxer mix, found himself up for ...

When it comes to adopting a dog, puppies tend to steal the spotlight because they're small, playful, friendly, and of course, irresistibly cute. Many adopters also assume that the younger the pup, the ...

A 12-day-old baby boy is dead after being mauled by a dog at a home in Preble County, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 17. According ...

Cali the dog was adopted by Crystal after 798 days in foster care. Her new owner, Crystal, tells PEOPLE she "was always meant ...

Dog dementia is not a rare curiosity, it is a common age-related brain disease that quietly affects a large share of senior ...

In short order, Teddy—a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 3-year-old yellow Lab—punched a wall button with his nose, yanked a rope to open a kitchen cabinet door and tugged a walker across the floor. After ...

Pet parent. Fur baby. Doggy daycare. Since the mid-2010s, these monikers have adorned myriad T-shirts and tote bags — like quotes from a classic sitcom. But in modern L.A., they’re no joke. In Beverly ...

Kevin Morris receives funding for this research from the Morris Animal Foundation, the Human-Animal Bond Research Institute, and the University of Denver. Jaci Gandenberger receives funding from the ...

I’ve had dogs ever since I was a young child, growing up on a ranch with Great Pyrenees, Komondors and Anatolian Shepherds, which protected our goats from coyotes — and followed me as I ran around our ...