Research & Evidence
Do Puppies Expect Good News? What a 60-Day Stud...
A 2026 study tested how 60-day-old puppies approached rewarded, unrewarded, and ambiguous bowl locations. See what the method showed and what it cannot tell us.
Do Dogs Choose Teamwork? What One Study Found
A 2026 study of 23 pet-dog pairs tested whether they would coordinate for a larger reward. See what the task showed and what it cannot show.
Can Dogs Tell "Unable" From "Unwilling"? One St...
A 2026 study tested 86 pet dogs in four reward contexts. Dogs chose the person who tried but failed only when one side had a predictable reward history.
What Changes When Dogs Repeat a Learning Task?
A 2026 study followed 105 dogs through the same hand-touch learning task twice. Reversal learning improved on repeat exposure, while other measured components showed limited change.
Can an Owner Buffer Frustration? One Dog Study
A 2026 study compared dogs solving a food-reward task with a familiar owner present or absent. The owner-present group showed fewer coded frustration or stress behaviors, but task performance did...
Do Dogs Learn by Watching? One Study, Two Measures
A study of 187 adult working-breed dogs tracked how much they watched a person and how quickly they improved at a detour. The measures did not always move together.