Helping Injured Dogs Walk Again – NYTimes.com

An experimental drug being tested on dachshunds and other dogs with spinal cord damage may eventually lead to new treatments for people with similar injuries. Read more..

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Study Finds Infantlike Understanding in Dogs – NYTimes.com

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By SINDYA N. BHANOO (NYT)
How dogs in a new study responded to a woman’s greeting depended on whether she looked at them.

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Is Your Dog Smarter Than a 2-Year-Old? – NYTimes.com

How are dog and child alike? How are they not? Herewith I report anecdotal instances of their behavior over one week, with some cherry-picked research to complete the story.

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More Military Dogs Show Signs of Combat Stress – NYTimes.com

SAN ANTONIO — The call came into the behavior specialists here from a doctor in Afghanistan. His patient had just been through a firefight and now was cowering under a cot, refusing to come out.

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Can the Bulldog Be Saved? – NYTimes.com

The short, brutish life of the bulldog is putting the future of the breed at risk.

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The Puppy Diaries — By Jill Abramson — Book Review – NYTimes.com

Jill Abramson shows how life with a puppy enriches middle age.

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They Bark, They Fetch, and Their Humans Vote – NYTimes.com

By GERRY SHIH (NYT)
San Francisco’s canine citizens now have their own political action committee, DogPAC, and candidates are taking its power very seriously.

They Bark, They Fetch, and Their Humans Vote – NYTimes.com.

Banned by Many Airlines, These Bulldogs Fly Private – NYTimes.com

 

 

 

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY (NYT)
Many airlines now forbid brachycephalic breeds, like bulldogs and pugs, from their planes, causing inconvenience for their owners — and opening a niche for companies that cater to pet travel. Read more…

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In ‘Chewed,’ Dog Toys Loved to Pieces – NYTimes.com

 

 

 

By RIMA SUQI (NYT)
Arne Svenson and Ron Warren, who were behind the 2002 book “Sock Monkeys,” have a new book with 140 color photographs of old canine toys.

 

 

In ‘Chewed,’ Dog Toys Loved to Pieces – NYTimes.com.

Susan Orlean on Rin Tin Tin and Her Own Menagerie – Q&A – NYTimes.com

 

The New Yorker writer and author of a new biography of Rin Tin Tin, the famous German shepherd, on the way we live with animals.

Susan Orlean on Rin Tin Tin and Her Own Menagerie – Q&A – NYTimes.com.