The science of dogs, told for curious readers: cognition and emotion, the senses, genetics and the long story of domestication — grounded in peer-reviewed research and explained without the jargon.
The 9 Percent: What Your Dog's Breed Actually Predicts
A landmark study of 18,000 dogs upended what we thought we knew about breed and behaviour. It turns out a label tells you surprisingly little about the dog in front of you.
The Look That Made Us Family
When your dog meets your eyes, a chemical loop fires in both brains — the same oxytocin system that bonds a mother to her newborn. The science of a glance explains thirty thousand years of alliance.
A World Written in Smell
A dog's nose isn't a better version of ours — it is an entirely different way of reading the world, one that turns a single sniff into a story of time, distance, and recent memory.
AucklandBorn to Bark: The Dog New Zealand Made
Every sheepdog tradition in the world prized silence and stealth. Then New Zealand bred something completely different — a dog that drives sheep by making as much noise as possible. The Huntaway is the only dog breed indigenous to New Zealand, and its story is the story of this country.
AucklandThe Law That Couldn't Stop a Bite — and the Reform That Might
New Zealand's Dog Control Act turns 30 in 2026. In that time it has banned five breeds, created two classifications of dangerous dog, and watched bite hospitalisations continue to rise. Now, after four deaths in four years, the government has finally ordered a complete rewrite.
AucklandThe World's Most Valuable Dog Food
In 2002, a couple in Mount Maunganui invented a new way to dry meat. Twenty years later, a Hong Kong private equity firm bought their company for NZD 1.5 billion — at 30 times revenue. The secret wasn't the recipe. It was two words on the label: New Zealand.
AucklandThe 20-Minute Test That Unlocks New Zealand's Bush For Your Dog
Kiwi Aversion Training has been running since 1997. It costs $10–$25, takes 20 minutes, and has a near-perfect success rate. It is also the key that opens hundreds of New Zealand tramping tracks to dogs that would otherwise be banned from conservation land. Here is everything you need to know.