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Dogs and Toddlers Understand Gestures at Same Level

by Brett Singer, Posted Jul 22nd 2009 2:00PM

Dogs are just as smart as two-year-olds sometimes, according to a recent study. Photo: jupiterimages
It turns out that dogs are more like our children than we realize. Two studies have found that man's best friend possesses a two-year-old child's ...
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Siberian Girl Literally Raised By Cats and Dogs

by Brett Singer, Posted May 27th 2009 6:00PM

A 5-year-old girl in Siberia was being raised by cats and dogs, according to police. Image: wikitravel.org
Next time you tell your kids that they're acting like they were raised by wolves, you may want to reconsider that statement. A ...
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Of dogs and babies

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Oct 2nd 2006 1:36PM

I am a little embarrassed to admit that Jordi was the center of our lives before Nolan came along. He really was. Jordi is a 72 pound Husky-Shepherd-maybe-wolf cross, a rescue dog from the wrong side of the tracks and we would discuss him in depth at ...
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Child fears: are they arbitrary?

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jul 26th 2006 7:00AM

I've always suspected that fears are provoked by the emergence of a situation associated with a bad memory in the past. I'm embarrassingly scared of masks, for example, and I think I can trace it back to a childhood birthday party where my friend's ...
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Dog park manners

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jul 21st 2006 9:00AM

I'm a dog person. I adore canines. When I was pregnant with Nolan I feared that I wouldn't love my baby as much as my dog, and white-smocked men would come to my door declaring me an unfit Mother because I had more animal empathy than human infant ...
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Baby image of the day: dog is my copilot

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 14th 2006 10:00PM

It takes time for a favorite pet to adjust fully to the existence of a new little human. Sometimes, I imagine, they never quite accept the altered reality. This was my family, I can imagine Ellie saying to herself as she sits on her bed, watching ...
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