Can cats play fetch? It’s one of the most popular games to play with a dog, but far fewer felines chase and retrieve objects thrown by their pet parents. Unlike dogs, cats haven’t evolved to cooperate ...

Playing fetch isn’t just a fun pastime for dogs and their owners; it holds benefits for both, as emphasized by celebrity pet vet Dr. Jeff Werber. National Fetch Day highlights the importance of this ...

Turns out, if you’ve got a cliff and a determined dog, throwing the ball yourself is kind of optional. The video, shared by ...

In news that probably won’t surprise cat owners, cats that play fetch do it on their own terms. Fetching felines tend to dictate when a fetching session begins and when it ends, a survey of over 900 ...

Source: Tony Harrison, via Flickr. A few years ago, Elizabeth Renner posted a cute video of her cat on Twitter. Renner, a psychologist at Northumbria University, had captured her cat expectantly ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mikel Delgado, Purdue University and Judith Stella, Purdue University (THE ...

While some pet owners may disagree, it's widely accepted that around 80% of dogs will engage in fetching 'play' behaviors with their humans. But scientists have now found out that almost half of ...

If you think of a game of fetch, you might picture a dog running back and forth, eagerly retrieving a ball. But a new, first-of-its-kind study in the journal Scientific Reports shows that they're not ...

Dog owners often boast about their pets being more engaged in playful behavior, like fetching or dragging an enormous stick back home. But there is mounting evidence that cats are happy to run and ...

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