Feds spent $10 million to study ‘mellow’ dogs

Published December 8, 2015 6:23pm ET



All records of a $3.2 million Department of Veterans’ Affairs grant meant to renovate a veterans’ cemetery disappeared in a mysterious office “burglary” shortly after the money vanished.

A $10 million National Science Foundation study of dogs, funded by taxpayers, concluded only that “mellow” dogs have “an edge” over “hyper dogs” in stressful situations because the more excitable dogs “crack under pressure.”

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