b'editor unleashedAnna Cooke, Editor in ChiefEversincethedawnofcivilization, ThiswasarevelationtotheresearchersStephen Hawking wrote in his international since,inotherstudies,wehumanshavebestsellerABriefHistoryof Time, people proven to be more focused on objects.havenotbeencontenttoseeeventsas Thestudyreaffirmsthatdogssimplyunconnectedandinexplicable.Theyhave know how to appreciate the moment, whilecraved an understanding of the underlying humans are focused on whats beyond theorder in the world. horizon. Were hardwired to collect objects,I keep a file of articles written by others to reach for something that may or may notfor my own research purposes, and recently beattainable.Dreamingisgood,yes.reviewed its content. Interestingly, the subject Remembering to savor the moment, thanksof most of the articles was on how to get to reminders from our dogs, is healthy.inside the mind of a dog. It seems researchers You are, in this moment, holding theand scientists especially want to know what spring edition of The New Barker, our 47thdogs are thinking. issue.ThegratitudewehaveforourL S A BY PHOTOGRAPH LLEN AURA TUDIOS Formorethan100years,researchers advertising partners shines on each page ofhave continued to study the canines evolu- the magazine. To those who have renewedtionaryjourneytowarddomestication, your commitment with us, and to those whowhich took place more than 10,000 years have just become our newest partners, thankago. All of this to find out what genes are you from the bottom of our hearts.associated with human-canine communica- Thestorieswehavecuratedincludeation.Onestudyrevealedthatgenetic photosessionattheClearwaterMarineAnna with Chloe, Dougie, Rita, and Ms. Zoe changes that lowered stress levels of ancient AquariumwithphotographerAnnedogs when they encountered humans, may Yarbrough for a discussion on service dogs.have played a role in their domestication. Ournewestcontributor,KatieYoung In a recent study by Emory University, Monahan, is traveling around the world on aThere are 10 times as many functionalmagneticresonanceimaging sailboatwithherhusbandandtheirnouns as there are verbs in the (fMRI) was used. By training dogs to lay AustralianCattleDog,Logan. InanotherEnglish language because we still, without using any restraint or sedation, feature, we chronicle the rescue efforts of ahave a particular obsession researcherswereabletoscandogsbrains Florida-based organization during their threewith naming objects. Dogs and decode what they saw, using a machine- harrowing trips to Ukraine and Poland.learning tool.ThankstoourVeterinaryAdvisoryappear to be less concerned There were a number of dogs trained to Board,wehaveexpandedHeresToDogwith who or what they are lay down in the fMRI for the study, but only Health.Wealsowanttocontinueseeing and more concerned two made the cut. An 11-year-old Boston providingasafeplaceforourreaderstowith the action itself. TerriermixnamedDaisy andBhubo, a share their feelings on the loss of their petsfour-year-old Boxer mix. andthegriefthatfollows. ThankyoutoGregory Berns, Emory University Each dog was shown three 30-minute longtime contributor Heather Schulman forprofessor of psychiatry, psychologist videosthatresearchersthoughtthedogs herpoignantLettertoPuck.Thankyou,and writer. mightappreciate.Scenesofdogssniffing, also,toourlongtimeadvertisingpartner,playingandeating.Othervideoscenes KeenanKnopke,PresidentandCEOofshowed cars on a road, a cat walking, people CurlewHillsMemoryGardens,fortheoffering a ball, and people eating. feature on healing after the loss of a pet.WhileDaisyandBhubowatchedthe Scientistswillcontinueconductingvideos, researchers monitored their sessions studies in their effort to get inside the mindand tracked their eyes. The data from the ofadog.MyownunscientificstudyfMRI was fed into a machine which detected confirmswhatmanydogloversalreadypatterns in the brain data and associated it know. Dogs love us unconditionally. We arewith what was playing on the screen. For the already communicating. We simply have topurposeofbrevity,Iwontshareallthe take the time to listen.scientificdatathatsupportsthestudy. Treat or no treat, my dogs are alwaysHowever,theoutcomeindicatesthatthe there for me, despite my foibles. And thats adogswerefocusedonaction,notobjects. pretty profound conclusion.6THE NEW BARKER www.TheNewBarker.com'