Julie Hecht, MSc
Julie Hecht, MSc, is a Ph.D candidate studying animal behavior at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and author of the Dog Spies blog at Scientific American. Her academic publications are featured in Applied Animal Behaviour Science and Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff. She would really like to meet your dog and thinks that her cat, Josh, excels at being himself. And she loves him for it.
The University of Edinburgth: Master of Science in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare
The Graduate Center, CUNY: PhD in Psychology
Recent Kinship articles by Julie Hecht, MSc
Do Dogs Understand Our Words?
Say what? A look at the types of words that dogs understand
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Does Your Dog Have a Unique Personality?
Research says your dog is as special and perfect as you tell them they are
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Humping. Why, Though?!
Animal behaviourists weigh in on what’s behind all this bumping and grinding
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Dog Speak: The Sounds of Dogs
Decoding the many sounds your pup makes
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Docked Tails Play a Role in Dog Communication
Looks aren’t everything, but they can talk
