Dog Etiquette: What’s Expected of Dogs in Public Places?
Whenever you hit the streets with your favorite pooch, you’ll want to leave a good impression so that you’ll both
Read moreWhenever you hit the streets with your favorite pooch, you’ll want to leave a good impression so that you’ll both
Read moreIf your dog is destructive, has potty accidents, or barks incessantly when you’re not home, he may have issues with
Read moreAdopting a new dog into your family is fun and exciting! Once you have finally chosen the perfect pup for
Read moreDo you have an active dog that needs exercise and entertainment, no matter how wet or cold it is outside?
Read moreAs the end of summer approaches and our kids head back to school, a drastic change comes over our homes.
Read moreHave you ever had that one obnoxious person in your family with a bad habit? As your family member, you
Read moreGetting your dog ready for its first show is an exciting and potentially highly rewarding time.
Read moreIt’s hard enough to keep up with your own to-do list, but do you ever stop to think about your dog’s daily schedule?
Read moreJoanne Stout of Oceanside, California, admitted she got impatient with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Rusty. "I am constantly tripping over him," she says. "He is always under foot," she said.
Read moreNew York City graduate student Lacey Brown was walking her roommate’s German shepherd last fall when the dog lunged and bit an elderly neighbor on the wrist.
Read moreMost dogs behave in ways that may seem downright dumb. Drinking water from the toilet bowl. Eating grass. Sniffing the waste of other canines. But there are reasons for these behaviors: Dogs prefer cold water over stagnant water that’s been sitting in a dish, grass is natural roughage and may induce vomiting if they have a stomachache, and urine and poop are the newspapers of the dog world, communicating who did what where and when.
Read moreThe movie Up features a dog with a collar that translates his thoughts into sentences like "I have just met you, and I love you!" Real dogs, however, speak more with body language than with barks.
Read moreA few years ago, veterinarian Sophia Yin took her Australian cattle dog, Zoe, to a horse ranch and let the dog sleep in the stables overnight. In the middle of the night, Dr. Yin was startled by a strange, loud howling sound.
Read moreChildren go through the "terrible 2s", a developmental stage characterized by whining, misbehavior and perpetual inquisitiveness. Dogs do something similar, only they never grow out of it.
Read moreWhen a wolf bites, it can inflict up to 1,500 pounds of pressure per square inch. Yet when two wolves square off in a playful wrestling match, each usually barely grazes the skin surface of its rival. Why?
Read moreWhen a technician comes to my house, my next-door neighbor’s friendly yet hyper dog often dashes outside. Goober jumps on the startled individual in the middle of the street – I jumped too the first few times the large dog leaped on me. But a stern "No!" and "Sit!" calms him down and leads to "the look."
Read moreSome dogs see a verdant lawn as an invitation to romp. Others view that swath of grass as a welcome snack. If you count your pup among the dogs that occasionally graze on grass, you’re far from alone. Veterinarians receive many questions about grass grazing, and they don’t always have direct answers for their clients, says Laird Goodman, DVM, a member of the board of directors of the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association.
Read moreTry a little experiment with your dog: Have it stand perpendicular to you, with another person facing your pet about 3 feet away. Ask the other person to call your dog. As the dog moves toward that person, look at which foot it moves first.
Read moreThe Chappell family was puzzled: Why was their house-trained mixed poodle, Molly, now wetting her bed during the night? Ten-year-old Molly had never done this before, making it seem like the once well-mannered canine suddenly decided to misbehave.
Read moreWhen Aleta Watson’s 1-year-old grandson, Xavier, tried to crawl on Aggie, her golden retriever, during Watson’s recent visit to Portland, Ore., there were no worries. The large, imposing dog simply got up and walked away, says Watson. "We love golden retrievers because they tend to be so mellow," says Watson, 62, a writer based in Ben Lomond, Calif. "Aggie is our fourth purebred golden, and she’s really easygoing. We’ve never seen any sign of aggression in her or our previous goldens."
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