Come to the “Zoom To The Rescue” charity event this Saturday, September 25, to benefit Olympic Animal Sanctuary.

The monthly Yorkie meet up was held at the Zoom Room on Saturday. Approximatley 30 Yorkies and their parents partied with new and old friends over the weekend.

When you point at something, does your dog look at where you’re pointing? Or does he look at your finger? Is responding to this visual cue an inherited genetic trait, something we humans have bred for in the domestication of dogs? Or is it more a matter of the dog’s training?

Researchers Marta Gacsi, et al. have just published a very interesting study, “Effects of selection for cooperation and attention in dogs,” in the recent issue of Behavioral and Brain Functions that sheds much light on these questions.

You have an adorable rescue – and admirers are always asking, “What is he?” Usually you reply with a shrug and a smile, or your best guess: Chihuahua-Great Dane? Poodle-Weimaraner? French Bulldog-Labrador? The guessing stops here!