A runny nose can be a big deal for a dog, who has 220 million smell receptors compared to your 5 million. And while nose discharge can be a sign of something as simple as your dog's excitement ...

There are fewer gestures more loved than when a dog nudges their owner with his or her nose. It's cute, for one thing, and seems to be one of many ways dogs attempt to communicate with humans.

Powerful nerve connections link the dog nose to wide swaths of the brain, researchers report July 11 in the Journal of Neuroscience. One of these canine connections, a hefty link between areas ...

This dog would not respond well to having stitches on his nose. What kind of prognosis might I be facing for him? S.C. Dear S.C., The form of lupus that your dog most likely has is called discoid ...