a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, and a barking, howling, or whining voice.
Questions tagged [dogs]
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Does normal paper currency contain enough narcotics residue to attract a drug-sniffing dog?
It seems pretty well established that paper currency (e.g. in the US) is commonly contaminated with trace amounts of cocaine or other illegal narcotics. (See Snopes for instance, though I'm happy to have this assumption challenged.) Is this…
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Was there a trial by combat between a man and a dog in medieval France?
This website makes the claim that in 1400 a man by the name of "Chevalier Maquer" fought in a judicial duel against a greyhound, after it was suspected that Maquer had killed the greyhound's owner.
Man vs Man’s Best Friend
In France, a very…
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Do old dogs run away to die?
My dog passed away a few days ago. He ran away from home early in the morning, and by the time we found him it was late afternoon and he was very weak, on the brink of death. Soon after we brought him home, he drifted off and stopped breathing.
I…
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Did Republicans mock Biden for showing grief over the loss of his dog?
In June, George Takei tweeted:
Republicans are mocking Biden for showing grief over the loss of his dog.
If you lose your dog but feel nothing, you might be a Republican.
As of today, this tweet has 14K retweets and 100K likes. Did Republicans…
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Did a vegan dog live for 29 years?
According to PETA's "Meatless Meals for Dogs and Cats",
One remarkable example is that of Bramble, a border collie whose vegan diet of rice, lentils, and organic vegetables contributed to a nearly record-breaking lifespan of 29 years.
Did this…
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Do cats and dogs only see in grayscale?
Ask most anybody about dogs or cats, and they will repeat the claim that these animals are colorblind. To most, it means greyscale. Is it true that cats (ref 2) and dogs (ref 2, ref 3) only see in grayscale?
I've noticed that my cats somehow don't…
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Does a dog provide a reasonable deterrent against house theft?
Is there any evidence to suggest that owning a dog or that evidence of a dog (barking alarm, beware of dog sign) reduce the likelihood of your home being broken into?
Example 1:
Most burglars do not want to have to deal with a dog. Dogs can deter
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Are some breeds of dog inherently dangerous, despite training?
On another SE site, this report was cited as evidence that some breeds of dogs are inherently more dangerous than others.
I have some serious issues with that report (not least of which is that it is clearly heavily agenda-laden, and that it cites…
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Can dogs have autism?
From Alex Griswold, 2.3K RTs, 3.2K Likes:
Brooklyn hipsters aren't vaccinating their dogs because they think it'll give them dog autism, which does not exist
[Link to https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/892455062621966336 , which in turn links…
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Do barking dogs seldom bite?
There is a very famous proverb that "BARKING DOGS SELDOM BITE". According to the saying: The dogs which bark too much in loud tone, bite very rarely. It implies that the people who threaten you more saying that they will harm you, often does…
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Did Heineken knowingly sponsor a dog fighting event?
This image is circulating on Facebook:
The message accompanying it is calling for a boycott of Heineken for sponsoring the event.
The message is as follows (warning: horrific grammar, spelling, and some profanity):
Are u serious? NEVER will I…
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Will running through water "lose one's scent" when being tracked by dogs?
It's a fairly common movie trope that when someone is being chased by dogs they will run through water to "lose their scent" and the dogs will no longer be able to follow the trail of the one pursued.
If this is true to a degree, a sub question…
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Is it possible to train dogs to detect hypoglycemia?
Many people have claimed that dogs can be trained to detect hypoglycemia.
For example:
For example, we have discovered that dogs have the ability to smell chemical changes in our bodies when someone's blood sugar starts to get low. We can make the…
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Can dogs detect human cancer?
I heard several times that dogs could detect cancer before it was detected by humans.
Can Dogs Smell Cancer?
There are many published studies that prove dogs can detect cancer through breath samples, and scientists and doctors are trying to come up…
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Does a dog's brain secrete the same substances when it sees its owner as humans do when in love?
The following statement is doing to the rounds across the social web:
When a dog sees its owner, its brain secretes the same substances as ours when we are in love
It is usually accompanied by an image such as this one:
One of the Twitter…
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