You can usually tell when a human or an animal is asleep by their closed eyelids. But snakes don’t have eyelids and can’t blink, making it very difficult to determine when they are asleep. Most species of snakes are nocturnal and hunt at night. They sleep during the day for an average of 10 hours. […]
While dogs are well domesticated, they do retain certain instinctive actions passed down through their ancestors. In some cases it’s the survival instinct and in others, just because it feels good. Dogs disguise their own scent by rolling in smelly things. This ancient instinct confuses their prey when they are hunting or helps to keep […]
Other people and dogs too gather meaning from the tone of our voice when communicating. Dogs have a range of vocalization when attempting to us and other dogs what they are “saying.” Most of us can understand our dogs when they bark by the volume, pitch and length of sound. A growling dog uses a […]
