Are you feeling stressed about the state of the world? Turns out that anxiety could be rubbing off on your dog. Researchers have been able to confirm what dog owners have sensed for years: Household pets can actually mirror their owners’ feelings of stress. The study analyzed the stress hormone cortisol, which circulates in the
Brian was a tough paratrooper. He trained hard for his deployment with the British Army during . During his training, he learned how to identify minefields. Then, on the battlefield, he protected his comrades-in-arms — though not all of them made it back. On D-Day, he parachuted under heavy anti-aircraft fire onto the Continent. He
Dogs have long been considered man’s best friend, but not everyone makes the choice to own a canine. Swedish and British researchers recently conducted a study at Uppsala University that examined why some people are more likely to own a dog than others. They found a link between a person’s genes and their decision to get
We love our Dogs, but there are those times that other neighborhood dogs wander up and down the street because no one is really paying attention to them, well those dogs we may not love so much as they come and do their daily routines in our yards or disrupt our dogs leisurely stroll. Well
A dog owner from California caught her pet sitter walking around her apartment naked, and that’s not the worst of it. Rosie Brown reportedly hired Casey Brengle off of a pet sitting app called Wag! After checking out Brengle’s reviews, Brown felt comfortable leaving her two dogs under the dog walker and sitter’s care. Unfortunately,
As Memorial Day Approaches…let us not forget…. “The capability they (Military Working Dogs) bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine. By all measures of performance their yield outperforms any asset we have in our inventory. Our Army (and military) would be remiss if we failed to invest more in this incredibly
In something of a real-life “fairy tail,” a hearing-impaired man in Maine has adopted a deaf rescue puppy from Florida. The proud new owner is now teaching his dog sign language and visual commands, as he looks forward to cherishing their “awesome” bond for years to come — especially because the pooch’s life began with
While cats are known to be independent creatures, they do require a lot of care to meet their health and well being needs. Choosing a litter with special formulas or ingredients is necessary to ensure cats maintain a healthy body through regular elimination in their boxes. Similar to the need to change pet food formulas
Bordetella bronchiseptica is a bacterium commonly associated with respiratory disease in dogs. It can also infect cats, rabbits and, in rare cases, humans. It is one of the more common bacterial causes of canine infectious tracheobronchitis, which is also sometimes called kennel cough. Bordetella bronchiseptica is one of several viral and bacterial agents responsible for
Chris Slavin was in an elevator a couple years ago with Earle, her yellow lab service dog, sitting calmly beside her wheelchair. The elevator doors opened and in walked a woman holding a purse. In the purse was a teacup poodle the color of apricots. The doors closed just as the poodle spotted Earle. That’s
