Why the relationship between people and dogs runs so deep — its psychology and history, the grief when it ends, and how a changing world keeps reshaping it.
The Grief That Has No Name
Losing a dog can hurt as much as losing a person — sometimes more. And yet society offers almost no permission to grieve. Here is the science that explains why, and the case for taking pet loss seriously.
How the Dog Got Into the Bed
A century ago the family dog slept in the yard. Today it sleeps on the duvet. The story of how that happened is a story about what we decided we needed from animals — and from each other.
The Friendliest Gene
Dogs may carry a genetic signature of extreme sociability — a canine echo of a rare human condition in which strangers feel, immediately and overwhelmingly, like friends. New genomic research suggests the bond between dogs and humans is written into the genome itself.
SingaporeEleven Floors Up
In the world's densest public housing, where a single approved dog shares 90 square metres with an entire family, the human-animal bond is lived differently. What it really means to love a dog in an HDB flat.
SingaporeA Vertical City Learns to Go Horizontal
Singapore's dog runs are some of the least-controlled public spaces in the city. They are also, quietly, some of the most socially productive. Why a fenced field in a park is doing what community centres can't
SingaporeFrom Kampong to K-9: How Singapore Built One of Asia's Great Working-Dog Traditions
From a single Airedale Terrier in 1911 to 250 working dogs across the Police K-9 Unit and SAF today, Singapore's dogs in uniform have a history as layered and remarkable as the city they serve.
A Vertical City Learns to Go Horizontal
Singapore's dog runs are some of the least-controlled public spaces in the city. They are also, quietly, some of the most socially productive. Why a fenced field in a park is doing what community centres can't.