The Bark Blog

Helpful tips, stories, and advice for happy, healthy dogs — straight from the PV Bark team.

The Nose Knows

A dog’s nose can be up to 10,000 times more powerful than that of a human. Canine noses contain many, many more olfactory receptors than human noses do – dogs have up to 300 million olfactory receptors, compared to our mere 6 million. Plus, a significantly larger part of the canine brain is dedicated to…
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What Your Dog Sees

Can dogs see color? Conventional wisdom has it that dogs see the world in shades of gray. That is not the case! Dogs have what is known as dichromatic vision – they are akin to a human with red-green colorblindness. Dogs see most of the same range of colors that humans can see, but they…
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Why Enrichment-Based Daycare is Better for Dogs

Dog daycare has evolved over the past 20 years and is no longer viewed by pet owners as a frivolous activity. Instead, they view it as a much-needed social outlet for their beloved canine family members. The industry was created because it was assumed that dogs love to play with one another and busy dog…
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