Caci Mac

Yale research
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/09/yale-study-shows-dogs-are-too-smart-to-follow-bad-advice.html?mid=twitter_scienceofus

Your Dog Is Too Smart to Follow Your Dumb Human Advice Dogs will ignore human instructions if they figure out a better way to do things.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/dogs-actually-understand-what-youre-saying-study-shows/

Dogs actually understand what you're saying, study shows People will tell you it's not what you say to a dog that counts, it's how you say it. But now researchers say dogs respond to much more than your tone of voice. They say brain scans confirm that canines can understand exactly what you're saying. Michelle Miller reports.

BIG PET! - these dogs are so ashamed. Just look at them both.

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/05/dog-birthday-party-ideas.html?mid=twitter_cut

Dog Birthday Parties: The Best New Way to Waste Money Inside the booming pet-party industry.

Dog swallows Gorilla Glue, vet extracts perfect mold of stomach - CNN.com - www.cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/14/health/dog-glue-stomach-trnd/index.html?campaign_id=A100&campaign_type=Email

Vet extracts perfect mold of dog's stomach Lake, a 6-month-old Weimaraner, found herself in a bit of a sticky situation.

Being a dog mom is so stressful.

Focus on ME. No new friends.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/opinion/sunday/is-your-pet-lonely-and-bored.html

http://barkpost.com/real-humans-prefer-dogs/?utm_campaign=Dogs+Deserve+Better

Study Finally Confirms That Dogs Are Simply Better Company Than People This study confirms what you've known all along: dog people prefer dogs over people.

So much going on here:

1. "Cheated out of a cheetah."
2. THE POLITICO says the cheetah was with an Australian shepherd, yet the AP story includes no mention of a dog.
3. Big Story, obviously.

CHEETAHED OUT OF A BIG CAT: Lots of buzz about Sen. Jeff Flake and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce being on the Hill yesterday with an Australian shepherd and a cheetah, but not a ton of access. AP: "The House Foreign Affairs Committee brought a live cheetah to the Capitol on Monday, but news reporters and photographers were initially denied access to the big cat - the fastest land mammal in the world. 'This is a closed briefing,' said Cory Fritz, a spokesman for Rep. Ed Royce." Eventually, the committee doors opened. http://goo.gl/9ZeHrH

Capitol Hill Buzz: News media barred from cheetah briefing WASHINGTON (AP) — Cheated out of a cheetah. The House Foreign Affairs Committee brought a live cheetah to the Capitol on Monday, but news reporters and photographers were initially denied access to the big cat — the…