The Truth Behind Canine Intelligence

It can be argued that along with cats, dogs were one of the first animals to become domesticated. For approximately 10,000 years humans and dogs have more than co-existed, they have developed a special bond unlike any other animal has developed with us. Today hundreds, if not thousands of breeds of dog exist. Although this fact remains true, all dogs belong to the Canis Familiaris family within the animal kingdom. Despite any tamed, domesticated, or docile tendencies, all breeds of dogs have traits that are derived from their wild ancestors and to this day many of those traits still exist and in fact, are quite important to the dog’s survival and mating techniques. Some of the more prominent survival tactics include digging, burying, being

As the saying goes, a dog is a man’s best friend. The dog is a loving companion to a man. He is happy to go everywhere with his master. He shows his affection for his master by wagging his tail and licking his hand or face. This timeless relationship continues to evolve into new kinds of human-dog interactions that increasingly benefit society.

In 2006 Rofina and their research group sought to establish a measurement through a questionnaire that could be used along with Veterinary examinations to diagnose Alzheimer’s in dogs. This questionnaire, paired with a necropsy—which was performed to rule out any other sort of reason for the subject’s behavior change, helped to evaluate the change in the subject’s behavior due to the canine counterpart of Alzheimer’s. The subject’s score of dementia on the questionnaire correlated significantly with all the brain lesions studied. With such evidence linking

Humans and dogs have long shared a bond that was based on function. Early dogs that were the least valuable and useful did not make it into today’s time. On the other hand, the most valuable and helpful of dogs remained and created others like them. Ultimately, breed predecessors were produced by breeding the best hunters to the best hunters and the best guards to the best

If someone went missing a dog can pick of the traces of their scent that was left behind in the woods. A dog can smell things alot more strongly than a human can and pick up smells that we dont know about. When explaining this concept, the author states, “Their powerful sense of smell can pick up scents that we don’t even know exist, and a large portion of a dog’s brain is dedicated to interpreting what those scents mean” (Killea par. 3). This shows that alot more of a dogs brain is set aside to help them explain to themselves what the smells that they are smelling mean. They can understand alot more things because of this and are able to help the search by

Dogs are known as man’s best friend. Despite lacking the ability to talk, we understand them well. Buddyfruit, also known as “B-Fruit”, is a five-year-old male Pointer with a heart of gold. His family, the Whitfield family, brought him into their home almost three years ago. Cooper is a three-year-old male Golden Retriever with sad eyes and a joyful soul. His family, the Ruiz family, welcomed him into their family roughly a year and a half ago. From physical features, to aspects of personality, to history and background, every individual dog shares similarities and differences.

For millions of years dogs have remained a constant companion of man. Bred from the aggressive and formidable Gray Wolf tens of thousands of years ago the domestic dog now lives in many homes across the world. Where in the far distant past the domestic dog was bred as a guard animal, a beast of burden, and even a food source the dogs of today are bred for a far more endearing purpose-companionship and love. Finding a pet dog that is more of a joy than a chore is necessary when asking: How much is that puppy in the window?

I think that dogs are very smart and can understand us some of the time but not all the time. HuffingTon says that when we use words

Holohan, M. (2016, August 29). Dogs understand what we say and how we say it, brain

Dogs love to play. There is no doubt about that. If one has ever visited a dog park, one must have seen a vibrant scene of playing dogs jumping at each other, howling in the occasion, and even biting each other. Is this behavior aggressive? Functional? Or is it just something dogs do for fun. In Alexandra Horowitz and Leslie Irvine’s books, they note that play of dogs is an important activity that will even be carried into their adulthood, and they both recognize that play is a complex social activity beyond simple fun. Horowitz relates playing behavior of dogs’ to their theory of mind, which is the ability to think about what others are thinking (Horowitz,191) and Irvine discusses the self of dogs through intersubjectivity, the ability to intentionally initiate communication. In this essay, I will compare how Horowitz and Irvine explain mind and self through the behavior of the play and their difference in making their argument.

Dogs are very smart. Not only can they be trained to do tricks and obey commands, but they can also sense a lot of things. There have been a number of studies done that have confirmed that dogs have a sixth sense. Dogs can sense cancer and other diseases.

There are distinct similarities between dogs and humans such as homelessness, poverty, perseverance in the fight for survival, the apparent lack of organizational hierarchy among our species, and the instinctual survival abilities that have been lost through the evolution of domestication. All these became apparent to me when I compare the dogs that Randy has encountered. Consciously or subconsciously, I’ve come to the realization that humans are not very different from dogs in the sense that both have progressed through the evolution of domestication. I’ve become more consciously aware of the epidemic of dog homelessness in America. Yet, I couldn’t help but ponder on my subconscious psyche and compare similarities that we face as humans.

understanding over 200 words and hand gestures. The average dog is as smart as a

Dogs have shown to have strong abilities to communicate with other species, especially humans. Ever since dogs were domesticated close to 15,00 years ago, they have had a strong ability to communicate and cooperate with people (Jensen et al., 2016). They’re able to communicate with and understand many human signs and words. They use things like gaze following and an ability to observe and then act within accordance to their owner’s attention (Jensen et al., 2016). Additionally, dogs have an even more greater understanding of the human language. They use the various sounds they make, such as barking, to communicate with humans. Through their social capabilities, dogs are able to form tight bonds with their owners, facilitated by the mutual increase in levels of oxytocin, a neuropeptide related to social bonding (Jensen et al., 2016). When faced with difficult problems, dogs also show social interactions when facing problems, turning to a human for help rather than solving a problem on their own. Through social interaction like these, dogs prove themselves to be close allies to the human race.

The study of “Cats and Dogs”, was done by a group of students that attended Butler University for a project. This study was to test and also learn whether or not cats and dogs could dance depending on the type of training that they received. This training included either getting rewarded with a treat, or being rewarded with affection. The population of this study included 270 of both cats, and also dogs. For our project, we decided to narrow this study down to 119 rather than 270. We determined that cats will more likely dance if they