Research & Evidence
Can Dog Cognition Tests Hold Up Over Time? What the CANID Study Measured
A 2026 Animal Cognition paper tested a three-task battery in community dogs across baseline, six-month and twelve-month observations. Here is what repeatability, practice effects and test context can...
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Can Home Videos Reveal a Cat's Play Pattern? What an 87-Cat Study Measured
A 2026 citizen-science study used caretaker-recorded videos of 87 US cats responding to a feather wand. The results show repeatable individual variation within the task, while leaving the...
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Did Ancient Korean Dogs Share a Lineage with Dingoes?
A 2026 study of four ancient Korean dog genomes found broad genetic affinity with dingoes and New Guinea singing dogs in one comparison, but distinct clusters in a...
Read the ArticleDo Food Puzzles Outperform Toys for Cats?
A four-week randomized trial compared feeding-time food puzzles with non-food toys in 92 cats. Both groups showed decreases in most target behaviors, but the study did not find...
Read the ArticleDo Puppies Expect Good News? What a 60-Day Study Found
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.
Read the ArticleDo 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.
Read the ArticleCan Dogs Tell "Unable" From "Unwilling"? One Study, Four Contexts
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.
Read the ArticleWhat 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.
Read the ArticleCan 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...
Read the ArticleDo 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...
Read the ArticleDo Dogs and Humans Bond the Same Way Everywhere?
A 2026 Scientific Reports study tested 164 hunting dog-owner teams in five rural societies. Here is what looked similar, what differed, and what the study cannot prove.
Read the ArticleDo Dogs Prefer Food or Petting? A Study in India
A 2026 study of free-ranging dogs compared food and petting rewards across repeated interactions. Here is what changed and what did not.
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