{"id":12458,"date":"2024-12-09T12:58:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/?p=12458"},"modified":"2025-11-25T23:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:05:14","slug":"best-of-digest-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/best-of-digest-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Digest 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been another fun year of dog-related content here at Digest. We spoke to experts about whether those dogs pushing buttons are really talking, and if they understand what we’re saying<\/span><\/a>. We got the scoop on canine jealousy<\/span><\/a>. We asked Nicholas Sparks<\/span><\/a> how he writes his dog characters, and found out how Britain’s “ugliest dog” ended up on the big screen<\/span><\/a> with Ryan Reynolds. We got tips on caring for a tripod dog<\/span><\/a>, helping kids and dogs<\/span><\/a> live in harmony—and, of course, picking the right dog for your family<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>

But if you haven’t had time to read every single article we’ve posted since January—perhaps you’ve been binging your favorite shows <\/span><\/a> with your dog curled up next to you or picking out cute outfits<\/span><\/a> for them—don’t sweat<\/span><\/a> it. Here’s a selection of the best to catch you up on what you missed. Enjoy; see you and your dogs in 2025!<\/p>

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Do Dogs Have a Sense of Humor?<\/strong><\/a>
\nAnyone with a dog knows that dogs are funny. The question is: “funny how?” Some experts think dogs can laugh, play pranks, and kid around.<\/p>

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Your Dog Can Smell Your Stress<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/a>New research shows that dogs can sniff out humans’ stress, and it makes them act more cautiously. Should that change how we treat them?<\/p>

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What’s the Difference Between Fresh Dog Food and Kibble?<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/a>The Farmer’s Dog makes its recipes from fresh meats and vegetables, using only facilities registered to produce human food.<\/p>

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Are Dogs’ Mouths Really Cleaner Than Humans’?<\/strong><\/a>
\nWe all love to hear that our best friends’ mouths are pristine, but the truth is more complicated. If you dare, learn what lurks in Lassie’s licks.<\/p>

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Do Dogs Feel Guilty?<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe question of whether dogs feel guilt is hard to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, but we do know a lot about how they act when they do something “wrong,” and why.<\/p>

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Ask Digest: Does My Dog Know How Long I’m Away From Home?<\/strong><\/a>
\nHere’s what experts say about dogs’ sense of time, and how you can keep your pup happy when you have to be out of the house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been another fun year of dog-related content here at Digest. These articles were among our favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dog-people"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12458"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44288,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12458\/revisions\/44288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}