Don’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t judge a dog by its breed. After conducting owner surveys for 18,385 dogs and sequencing the genomes of 2,155 dogs, a group of researchers reported a ...

In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers said they found that dog breeds are not especially helpful in predicting the behavior of an individual canine. Breed type explains ...

But some mixed-breed dogs may still be highly inbred, she said, and some health problems are common in multiple breeds. Many large breeds are prone to bone cancer, for instance; mixing a few of ...

Turns out, “no breed in particular” is America's favorite at 13%. But if we as a nation had to decide, Australian shepherds ranked as the top favorite dog breed.