PEOPLE has an exclusive clip from the PBS series "Human Footprint," which explores how dogs can learn to dance Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

From village dogs to toy poodles to mastiffs, dogs come in an astonishing array of shapes, colors and sizes. Today there are estimated to be about 700 million dogs living with or around humans. To ...

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Research has shown that if you point at an object, a dog will interpret the gesture as a directional cue, unlike a human toddler, who will more likely focus on the object itself. It’s called spatial ...