How Collective Data Contributes to The Science of Breeding Healthier Dogs

By Katherine Leviste Next Thursday, T.V. viewers across the country will watch Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers,  Portuguese Water Dogs, and other purebreds trot around the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in a Thanksgiving tradition that ranks right up there with parades and football: the National Dog Show. As the dogs sit, stand, and jog, licensed … Read more “How Collective Data Contributes to The Science of Breeding Healthier Dogs”

Categories: Animals, Citizen Science

Coop’s Scoop: Citizen science to study your dog, because your dog studies you

Thank you, Lassie for saving my life! And thank you Rover, Spot, Fido, Benji, and Snoopy. We can all shout this refrain, not just those pulled from a burning building or comforted by slobbery kisses. Dogs may have saved the entire human race. Not recently, but back when our species was just starting out on … Read more “Coop’s Scoop: Citizen science to study your dog, because your dog studies you”

Categories: Animals, Citizen Science