Dogs for the Big Boys

They don’t call them man’s best friend for nothing.


Having a pet is almost as common as having furniture. While it isn’t fair to compare a pet to your favorite La-Z-Boy chair, pets are the all-encompassing fixture of a good man’s household -- they are fun, intelligent and both a traditional and contemporary symbol of a happy individual. Dogs provide all this and more; a guy will never go wrong with a faithful friend by his side -- especially if it’s one of our top 10 dogs.

Our picks are not necessarily aggressive or wild by nature. These dogs are measured by their physical presence (a combination of size, strength, endurance, agility, and appearance), intelligence and personality. These will be used as our three gauges, measured out of a score of 10, and the better the synergy between the three, the manlier the dog. So, let’s take a look at 10 dogs a guy can own. Read more...

What animal understands humans the most?

A study indicated that domestication has so altered the behavior of dogs over time that even untrained puppies are able to understand gestures like human pointing, while chimpanzees, humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom, are not. In the study, humans pointed to an object that was within reach of the subject animal (either a dog or a chimpanzee), and if the animal retrieved the object, it received a treat. The chimpanzees largely ignored the humans, while the dogs were much more responsive. According to the study authors, the effect of domestication is so pronounced that even some cats naturally understand pointing gestures (though much less so than dogs).