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We are led to believe in this world that the normal thing to do is to walk your dog, and the other week we wrote a blog about just that (if you haven't read it, here it is https://www.britishinstituteofcaninescience.org/post/should-you-walk-your-dog) In that post we discussed some more exciting things you can try on a day to day basis, but today we want to discuss some official sports you can try with your dog. If you are sat reading this thinking 'oh I'm not good enough for

For those of you in the United Kingdom, like us, we are in the middle of a huge heatwave at the time of writing this and it's that time of year where we have some hot weather coming. Before we start this blog it is important to note for those of you in much hotter areas than we have, that acclimation is a very real thing. Our dogs here in the UK do not get sufficient time to acclimate to the hot weather. Full heat acclimation can take up to sixty days, and here in the UK we

Seems like a very obvious answer to a very easy question, right? You should definitely walk your dog, because here in the Western world we have been conditioned into a routine of dog ownership where most people walk their dogs in the morning and walk their dogs on an evening, but the truth of the matter is it's much more complicated than that. Absolutely, your dog needs physical exercise to have a fulfilled life. Travel and movement are huge parts of a dog's life but that's

Genetics are not something most pet owners tend to consider when thinking about their dog. We think about their emotions, their wellbeing, what they are eating, where they are sleeping, when they last went on a walk and many other things which are indeed very important. When most people purchase, or rescue a dog, they don't spend much time thinking about the genetic predisposition of that dog. They look around and decide they like the look of a certain breed, or they like a

In this blog we wanted to share our latest and most up to date research plans. Our team here at the British Institute of Canine Science are always having new ideas on things that we want to investigate so this is not a 'set in stone' list of upcoming projects, but more a mind dump on some of the things we want to research, the reasons why and why we believe they are important to the real world of dog ownership and training. Thankfully as an independant research team we are n

Here at The British Institute of Canine Science we are deeply passionate about dogs and understanding precisely what makes them tick. There is a fascinating relationship between dogs and humans that dates back somewhere in the realm of twenty thousand years or more, depending who you ask. We are no historians here but we will dive into some studies around the early domestication of dogs because it is nothing short of fascinating. Our relationship with dogs is like no other

Welcome to the British Institute of Canine Science! We are very excited to launch this exciting project and finally address some issues surrounding canine science, academia and research. This blog post is here to serve as an outline as to what we wish to do, how we wish to do it and what is coming in the near future. We founded the British Institute of Canine Science to commit to further understanding of our dogs. Our extremely small research team have been involved profes