A golden doodle puppy and a trainer at a dog training class at Doggy Business in Portland, Ore., on June 4. A golden doodle puppy and a trainer at a dog training class at Doggy Business in Portland, ...

Anyone who has ever tried to train a dog knows what a struggle it can be. Some dog owners would probably even go so far as to say it was easier to potty train their kid than teach their dog to sit.

Scientists may have revealed a way to improve your dogs behavior—by training them to pick up scents. The research from Aberystwyth University, based in Wales in the United Kingdom, found that dogs ...

Gifted dogs can categorize toys by function, not just appearance. In playful at-home tests, they linked labels like “fetch” and “pull” to toys—even ones they’d never seen before. The findings hint ...