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They trained him for diabetes alerts. Then, this Idaho dog sniffed something worse
1+ mon, 11+ hour ago (1512+ words) BOISE – Jaylin Dozier chugged apple juice and water, but she couldn’t quench her thirst. It was a summer day in July 2024, and she thought maybe she was just sick or dehydrated. Her mom, Amanda Dozier, a nurse practitioner, ran through…...
Ask the doctors: Using dogs' noses to sniff out disease
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (531+ words) Ask the doctors: Using dogs’ noses to sniff out disease The Spokesman-Review Dear Doctors: I read your column about the scent of skin secretion changes in Parkinson’s disease. A couple of years ago, I read about training canines to smell…...
Why your dog steals your shoes and other canine behaviors explained
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (951+ words) Humans and dogs have lived alongside one another for thousands of years, and our two species get along remarkably well. But there are still misunderstandings. “People have an intuition about dogs’ emotions,” said Clive Wynne, director of the Canine Science…...
Cats could help scientists better understand human cancer, study says
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (776+ words) Louise van der Weyden is a dog person. But as a scientist who studies cancer in animals, she has turned her attention to cats in recent years. Insight into feline cancers has been like “a black box,” van der Weyden…...
This day in history: 8 of 59 canine escapees avoid returning to pound. Teepees pitched amid tribal gathering near downtown
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (243+ words) From 1976: About 59 inmates broke out of city custody and ran free downtown, but officers managed to get all but eight escapees back into their cells. Barking was involved – a lot of barking. The escapees were dogs that someone let loose…...
Rich Landers: Hunters must pass farm dogs' sniff test
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (912+ words) Getting out of town to meet farmers and ranchers is one of the responsibilities and pleasures of being a sportsman. But before knocking on the door of a house or shop to ask permission to hunt or fish, you often…...
Keep your pets calm this Fourth of July with 24/7 online vet care
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (309+ words) Fourth of July fireworks might be fun for people, but for your furry friends, it can mean stress, shaking, hiding and a very long night of anxiety. That’s exactly where Dutch, an online veterinary telehealth company, steps in with a…...
He joked about turning his dogs into billboards. Business is booming.
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (691+ words) It was supposed to be a joke. And, boy, were people interested. “It was, like, potentially over a thousand requests,” Gunn told the Washington Post. “I can’t even scroll to see them all.” But since he’s started offering his “labvertisements,…...
Ask Dr. Universe: Evolution made human babies more dependent than other mammals
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (517+ words) Dr. Universe: Why are human babies so helpless compared to other mammals? – Ruby, 10, Florida When my cat had kittens, she fed them and kept them safe for a long time – for 12 whole weeks. That’s nothing compared to humans. Where I…...
'A life is a life': Spokane-area vet saves pregnant dog after family couldn't afford C-section
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (774+ words) When Tiffany Arbanas took her son’s dachshund, Honey, to veterinarian clinics across Spokane for an emergency cesarean section, she was told that because she didn’t have enough money to cover the surgery, she should consider letting Honey die. But Dr....