Transy Dog Behavior and Cognition Lab

09/28/2026

National Dog Week may have ended yesterday, but it’s always Dog Week around here!!

We spent the week digging through our archives to celebrate all of our perfect canine participants from this year! So here’s a little throwback to some of the doggies that have kept us learning, laughing, and very busy in the best way!

09/24/2026

Monkeys aren’t the only critters we’ll see during “Eat, Drink, and Be Hairy!” We’ll visit the Natural History Museum to scope out some dinosaurs, we’ll visit the famous ravens at the Tower of London, and we may even see a cat or two around town. Don’t forget, applications are due tomorrow! Transy Abroad

09/22/2026

Olive just asked me if you’re coming to the info session about the May term class: “Eat, Drink, and Be Hairy” today at 12:30 in the dog lab. She really hopes she’ll see you there!

09/22/2026

Happy to all of our favorite pups!! Olive is celebrating by visiting campus and getting lots of belly rubs this week! How will your dog celebrate?

09/22/2026

Whose famous bees will we visit during our Transy Abroad trip to London and Gibraltar? Come ask us at our info session tomorrow at 12:30 in the dog lab! Or even better, apply for “Eat, Drink, and Be Hairy” and find out for yourself when we visit in May! (Or maybe you’ll recognize the garden that he paced while writing his famous text, published in 1859?).

09/20/2026

Transylvania University students! Don’t forget applications for May term travel courses are due Friday! If you want to go on cool hikes like this one, apply to come “Eat, Drink, and Be Hairy!” With Drs. Ellen Furlong and Olivia Fleming in Gibraltar and London! Want to learn more? We have an info session Tuesday at 12:30 in the dog lab (the basement of MFA). Transy Abroad

09/09/2026

The dog lab is having a party 🎉 and we hope you can come!! We are celebrating murals by The Art of Ashley Nicole J. and the research our students at Transylvania University and Berea College have been collaborating on this year. RSVP via the link in the comments and we hope to see you there! 🐶 🎈 🎊

09/03/2026

This upcoming webinar, moderated by Dr. Furlong, may be of particular interest to our therapy dog teams!

Registration is now OPEN for our Sept. 23 Webinar!🐾

Be sure to visit IAHAIO.ORG 💻 to join us for this riveting discussion on ‘Shifting the Paradigm: Self-Regulation and Consent-Based Interactions in Animal-Assisted Services with Dogs.’ 🐶

08/31/2026

May term applications open today for Transy Abroad! Dr. Ellen Furlong from the dog lab and Dr. Olivia Fleming are teaching a travel course: “Eat, Drink, and Be Hairy!” The class is about how environments shape behavior (human and animal) like foraging and culture. We will start in Gibraltar studying the monkeys there and make our way to London via Spain and Paris. Reach out to Drs. Furlong or Fleming if you have any questions!

08/31/2026

Happy first week of fall semester Transylvania University! Everyone in the dog lab is cheering you on!