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11/27/2025

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/holidays/national-dog-show-2025-how-to-watch-thanksgiving/4306905/

Dogs, dogs and more dogs! Here's everything you should know about the 2025 "National Dog Show" on NBC.

10/18/2025

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for all your support! Congrats for being top fans on a streak 🔥!

09/29/2025

09/01/2025

Research has uncovered something heart-melting: when dogs smell their human, their brain’s caudate nucleus — the region linked to reward, pleasure, and emotional bonding — lights up more strongly than when they smell other dogs or unfamiliar people. In short, science now supports what every dog lover has always felt: dogs genuinely love us.

In 2014, researchers at Emory University in the United States trained 12 dogs to lie perfectly still in an MRI scanner — no sedation, no restraints. Once inside, the dogs were presented with different scents: their own, an unfamiliar human, a familiar human, an unfamiliar dog, and a familiar dog.

The results were striking. While all scents activated the brain’s olfactory regions, only the familiar human scent caused significant activation of the caudate nucleus. This part of the brain is also active in humans when we see someone we love or anticipate a reward. For dogs, it suggests that their attachment to us is not simply about conditioning, but about genuine emotional connection.

For decades, scientists debated whether dogs truly felt emotions, or whether behaviours like wagging, licking, and following us were simply learned responses to food and attention. This discovery challenges that view. It reveals a hidden emotional world inside our pets — one where human–dog relationships are built on trust, joy, and authentic affection.

And it has meaning beyond the science. Knowing that our scent alone can bring comfort and joy to a dog reminds us to treat them with the same emotional care and sensitivity we would any family member. The bond we share with dogs isn’t one-sided. It is mutual, deep, and written into their biology.
So next time your dog greets you at the door, tail wagging wildly, remember — it’s not just excitement, and it’s not just habit. It’s love. Something we’ve now made measurable and that is beautifully real.

08/19/2025

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07/17/2025

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07/06/2025