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So I have just finished bathing my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Ripley. Next I reach for a towel to dry him off, when he gives the classic wet dog shake. As a result I am now soaking wet, and my dog ...

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A team of neurobiologists at Harvard Medical School's Howard Hughes Medical Institute has uncovered the neural mechanism involved in the unique way hairy animals such as dogs shake themselves when wet ...

“Wet dog shakes” – a common reflex behavior shared among many hairy mammals and designed to expel water and irritants from their coats – happens when particular mechanoreceptors are activated, ...

We’ve all seen our dogs shake off (and possibly coat us, too) after they’ve been in the rain, running through a sprinkler, or rolling around in a puddle. But sometimes, dogs will shake off even when ...