The Honest Answer: Blurrier Than Yours, and Built for a Different Job If your dog could read an eye chart, he would fail it. Veterinary ophthalmologists put canine visual acuity at roughly 20/75. That means the detail you can resolve standing seventy-five feet away, your dog has to walk up to twenty feet to resolve. … Read more
A brand new toy, a perfectly good chew, sometimes an entire dinner — and instead of enjoying it, your dog carries it off and buries it. In the garden if they have one. Under a cushion, behind the sofa, or in a laundry basket if they don’t. It looks like nonsense. It isn’t. Burying is … Read more
Few things melt a dog owner faster than the head tilt. But why do they do it? They’re trying to hear you better Dogs can hear far higher frequencies than we can, but pinpointing where a sound comes from is harder. Tilting the head changes the position of the ear flaps and helps them locate … Read more
Dogs express love constantly. You just need to know the language. You don’t need all ten. Even two or three of these mean the bond is real — and mutual.