Bringing a dog or cat into your life, whether through adoption or purchase, is a significant decision, as each pet and breed is unique and has its own specific needs. There are many factors to ...

Pure-bred dogs have been regarded as superior to crossbreeds or what some people refer to as mutts. However, we now understand that producing purebred dogs has drawbacks. The lack of variety in the ...

Dog breeding is a huge, lucrative international enterprise, and there are clear problems in breeders’ efforts to produce dogs who suffer from any number of physical and emotional maladies to satisfy ...

The role for which a dog was bred—say retrieving birds—is reflected in their brain structure, according to a study of 33 breeds.

When adopting a dog, you want to make sure it's the dog's forever home, with that said, a vet provides a list of traits to research before making the plunge.