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border collie

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Gifted dogs can learn 12 words in a week and remember them for months

A global search identified six Border collies that can learn the names for new toys in a few days and remember them even if they don’t see the toys for two months

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Two spaniels

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Cavalier King Charles spaniels carry a high number of harmful genes

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Dog eating food

Humans

Ancient dog faeces show how our canine friends became omnivores

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artist's reconstruction of wild dog

Humans

Ancient humans in Europe may have stolen food from wild hunting dogs

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What would become of dogs without humans? Here’s how they’d evolve

Life

What would become of dogs without humans? Here’s how they’d evolve

Features

dog with bowl

Life

Dogs will ignore you if they know you are lying, unlike young children

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Woman and her dog

Life

Your dog may not like you as much as you think it does

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Golden retriever puppy

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Puppies are born with the genetic ability to understand humans

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Why do dogs lick you?

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Why do dogs lick you?

Why do dogs eat grass?

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Why do dogs eat grass?

If you are a dog owner, chances are you have caught Fido chomping down on grass at some point, and there are a number of theories why

Humans

Bronze Age dogs ate little meat and had to feed on cereals instead

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Life

DNA suggests Australia isn’t losing its iconic dingo to interbreeding

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Humans

Earliest American dog hints pets accompanied first people in Americas

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Life

Dogs prove they are aware of their own bodies when playing fetch

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