Dogs sniff each other’s butts and stick their faces in our crotches as a way to say hello. Not exactly our style, but it’s the canine version of networking (“Oh my gosh, Luna! We met at the park last ...

Humping is a pretty common behavior for dogs, but it’s not one we tend to enjoy as dog parents. There are a number of reasons why dogs hump – both male and female – and it’s very rarely because ...

Humping (or mounting, as vets call it) is when dogs straddle another dog, person or object and repeatedly thrust their pelvis back and forth. Dogs can do this over another dog’s head or side (not ...

I receive numerous emails asking something like, "Why does my dog hump other dogs?" Sometimes people ask, "Why does my dog hump his water bowl, her favorite toy, or my or other peoples' legs?" or "Why ...

Dogs sure have their share of quirks. Some make our hearts melt with their splayed-out splooting and goofy doggy smiles. Other dog behavior has us cringing with embarrassment and wondering why dogs ...

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about what it means when your dog starts stealing your shoes, and have shared that yep ― they really do know when we’re sick. But it’d be a very different (and ...

In Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, I wrote about two dogs I called Harry and Helen, the "happy jumpers," who unhesitatingly would jump on other dogs, from all different orientations, ...