F.D. Flam: Experimenting on dogs is getting harder to defend

There’s no scientific basis for the view that lab dogs are inherently different from pets, or that they were somehow not ...
STAT

The long history of euphemisms around the use of animals in lab research

Kaplan is the author of “Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research.” We woke in Boston before daybreak as usual, and Hammy — my beagle, who was once a lab dog ...
Los Angeles Times

How Hot Is Too Hot? Recognizing and Responding to Heat Stress in Dogs

It’s easy to forget that while we’re enjoying the sun, our dogs are experiencing heat in a completely different and more dangerous way. They can’t tell us when they’re too hot, so it’s our job to ...
Psychology Today

Lab Beagles: What Science and All of Us Owe To Research Dogs

This post is in response to A Heartwarming Tale of Hope for Lucky Rescued Lab Dogs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Source: Diogo Miranda/Pexels. Beagles are very popular companion dogs and also very popular ...
Psychology Today

A Heartwarming Tale of Hope for Lucky Rescued Lab Dogs

Few people know the full story of how beagles have been—and continue to be—bred and used "in the name of research." 1 In her new book Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World ...