A pair of dog skulls uncovered in digs in Siberia and Belgium, each 33,000 years old, show dogs were domesticated long before any other animal, including sheep, cows or goats. The skulls had shorter snouts and wider jaws than wild animals, such as wolves, which use their long snouts to hunt. It suggests dogs were [...]

I’ve been reading the new book, Rin Tin Tin, The Life And The Legend written by Susan Orlean, author of “The Orchid Thief”. I highly recommend it and I think all of us dog lovers will recognize ourselves in Rin Tin Tin’s owner, Lee Duncan. Lee was a man that was driven by the love [...]

On September 11, 2011 at 7pm on Animal Planet Canada, the Dog Files first TV Show premiered. Entitled, Hero Dogs Of 9/11, the one hour special was a joint effort of Dog Files, Starlight Runner Entertainment and Canadian-based KelenContent that was based on the 2010 Dog Files web episode, Hero Dogs of 9/11 which can [...]

The so-called “Dog Days” of summer in the Northern Hemisphere officially came to an end this week when Sirius, the bright Dog Star, returned to the night sky. Everyone talks about “Dog Days,” but few may know what the expression actually means. Some might suggest it signifies hot, sultry days “not fit for a dog.” [...]

According to new research, under Adolf Hitler’s directions, the Nazis tried to train dogs to talk, read and spell to help them win World War II. According to the research, led by Jan Bondeson of Cardiff University, the Germans viewed canines as being almost as intelligent as humans and they attempted to build an army [...]

WARNING: Do not share your photo here. You need to go to Tonic.com to do it. Here’s the link: Patriotic Pup Link. Memorial Day is just around the corner! While many will mark the day with barbecues, beach parties and fireworks, it’s important to take a moment to remember that more than the unofficial start [...]

The short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis), also known as the short-eared fox or the short-eared zorro, is a unique and elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin. It can be found in the Amazon rainforest region of South America (in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and possible Venezuela). It lives in various parts of the [...]

From FoxNews.com Dogs may be man’s best friend now — but the fox may have been his first boon companion. Archaeologists digging in Jordan may have shed new light on human-animal relationships, with the discovery of a fox buried beside a human about 16,500 years ago — some 4,000 years before the earliest known human-dog [...]