If you own a dog, you’ve probably seen him yawn. A lot. And while a dog yawning is certainly adorable, you may have also wondered, “Why do dogs yawn so much?” Do they yawn for the same reason humans ...

You know the feeling. It’s impossible to resist. You just need to yawn. A yawn consists of an extended gaping of the mouth followed by a more rapid closure. In mammals and birds, a long intake of ...

Yawn next to your dog, and it may do the same. Though it seems simple, this contagious behavior is actually quite remarkable: Only a few animals do it, and only dogs cross the species barrier. Now a ...

Yawning, an act so simple yet intriguing, holds a peculiar secret—it's contagious not just between humans but between humans and dogs as well. In our book, The Purest Bond: Understanding the ...

PET dogs yawn when their owners do and the process is contagious, just as it is in humans, according to scientists from the University of Tokyo. Scientists have found that pet dogs yawn significantly ...

Research suggests dogs contagiously yawn, but there's no scientific consensus the meaning. The question: Is it true that human yawns are contagious to dogs? The science: Some dog owners swear that ...

It’s not just Frisbees and sticks. Dogs catch yawns from people, too. Dogs watching a person yawn repeatedly will yawn themselves, says Atsushi Senju of Birkbeck, University of London. Just as that ...

Yawn in the presence of your pooch and they're likely to yawn right back at you, a new study shows. The research, a series of carefully controlled experiments with 25 dogs of different breeds, ...

The idea that dogs are carefree, perpetually cheerful and impervious to petty stresses that leave us humans tormented and overtaxed is quite a popular one. After all, dogs don’t need to worry about ...