Section
Editorial
What matters to me and why I do it differently.
Issue 01 · 2026
Look deeper. Speak honestly. Respect the dog.
The dog deserves more than a headline.
Most dog magazines tell people what they like to hear: clear rules, simple answers, beautiful pictures. That sells well. But it makes the dog smaller than he is.
Mente Canina takes the other path. Anyone who wants to do justice to the dog must be willing to question their own certainties.
That is uncomfortable. But it is honest.
That is why we check instead of claim. Every specialist article in this issue has been checked against current peer-reviewed research. And where science is uncertain, we say so openly, instead of pretending to a certainty that does not exist.
In this issue
Interview
Anny Malo and Marco Rivest: thirty years behind the sled. She has won the Pedigree Stage Stop Race in Wyoming seven times.
Guide
“How I feed my dogs”: what research really knows about sporting dogs, and how I feed mine. Free to read in this issue.
Guide
“Do dogs need carbohydrate after hard work?”: the one proven finding, briefly explained. Free to read.
Guide
“Supplements and drinking for sporting dogs”: what is proven and what is not.
Guide
“The treadmill doesn’t make a dog an athlete”: why a widely used training device achieves less than many believe.
Dossier
We believe we are measuring what we are only interpreting: on the illusion of objective dog assessment.
Quiz
Ten questions per round from a pool of 40: senses, puppyhood, play, body language, stress and learning.
Coming soon
History. In one of the next issues we will begin telling the history of dog sport: starting with the NVBK and the mushers who are legends today.
Four languages, one aim: different questions, more honest answers.
Tanino Gaetano Chiavaro · Publisher, K9 Services Chiavaro – Media