Caci Mac

Yale research
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/09/yale-study-shows-dogs-are-too-smart-to-follow-bad-advice.html?mid=twitter_scienceofus

Your Dog Is Too Smart to Follow Your Dumb Human Advice Dogs will ignore human instructions if they figure out a better way to do things.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/dogs-actually-understand-what-youre-saying-study-shows/

Dogs actually understand what you're saying, study shows People will tell you it's not what you say to a dog that counts, it's how you say it. But now researchers say dogs respond to much more than your tone of voice. They say brain scans confirm that canines can understand exactly what you're saying. Michelle Miller reports.

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/05/dog-birthday-party-ideas.html?mid=twitter_cut

Dog Birthday Parties: The Best New Way to Waste Money Inside the booming pet-party industry.