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February 10, 2010  Separation Anxiety VS. Looking For Something To Do Separation anxiety (S.A.) symptoms often resemble boredom behaviors, including chewing, dissecting, digging (if dogs are left outside), "accidents" in the house, and excessive vocalization. A close look at your lifestyle will determine if yours is a case of dog anxiety or dog boredom.
Some Dogs Struggle With Modern Lifestyles
According to Raymond and Lorna Coppinger, dogs evolved because humans have inadvertently or intentionally selected for "low flight distance" for millennia - those dogs that were most comfortable in close proximity to humans and their settlements were most likely...Read More |
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February 23, 2010 Dogs hear the darnedest things, but their ears’ construction makes them especially prone to infection. The ear canal drops down and turns sharply before meeting the eardrum, creating dark, dank grounds for infection-causing bacteria and yeast to overgrow when exposed to moisture, explains Robert Silver, DVM, a holistic veterinarian in Boulder, Colorado. Floppy-eared dogs are even more susceptible because their canals don’t get...Read More |
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January 25, 2010 - Madison, Wisconsin from NJ.Com-- The rescue team from St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center will begin its journey to Missouri to save the lives of approximately 100 puppies and dogs living in the deplorable conditions of the puppy mills. The team will chronicle the journey daily on Facebook so the public can follow this life-saving rescue mission.
“Many of these dogs’ lives will be spared from euthanasia and all of them will be freed from the inhumane conditions of puppy mills,” said St. Hubert’s President Elizabeth McCorkle. “These unwanted and unloved...Read More |
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 February 12,2010 A warning about artifiical sweeners and your pet. A common artificial sweetener found in chewing gum and candy can seriously harm or even kill a dog.
The ingredient Xylitol found in most sugarless gums is harmless enough for humans but can sicken an 80-pound dog or kill a smaller canine.
The Washington Humane Society is warning animal owners on its Web site to beware of Xylitol. It says that in 2008 more than 4,000 dogs were poisoned by this sweetener.
Apparently it drops a dog's blood sugar level and can cause full-on liver failure. Dogs that have survived ingestion often end up spending time in the hospital because the sweetener can wreck havoc...Read More
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January 24, 2010, News-Press.com--
Have you heard about the Lee Memorial Health System's pet therapy program? It's quite a winner - just ask anyone who has encountered these special canines.
The dogs, certified by Therapy Dog Inc., are often dressed to the nines and busily make rounds at the various hospitals to visit patients. The dogs inspire broad smiles all around, and that's just from the bystanders. Can you just imagine the reception the cute dogs get from...Read More |
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January 22, 2010, From our friends at ScienceFair.com-- 
Dog's faces come in more shapes and sizes than the variation across the entire wolf, jackal and coyote family, report biologists, providing an example of extreme evolution.
In the current American Naturalist journal, researchers led by Abby Grace Drake of the United Kingdom's University of Manchester looked at 106 dog breeds as well as the skulls of other creatures in the canine family.
"The amount of shape variation among domestic dogs far exceeds that in wild species, and it is comparable to the disparity throughout the Carnivora (entire range of carnivore mammals)," says the study. Measuring 50 "landmarks" from the skulls of 677 dogs as well as 122 representatives of the carnivorous mammals, including cats, weasels, bears and seals, the team finds as much diversity in dog skull shapes, particularly for companion breeds, as exists within the entire 42-million-year-old carnivore family.
As far back as Darwin, naturalists have looked at how breeders have selected dogs for specific traits, the study notes, fast-forwarding...Read Full Story |
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January 24, 2010 from our pals at SouthCoastToday.com
How often do you have to tell your dog to stop barking?
Is that working for you?
Somehow, we doubt it. But if you own a "barky" dog, don't despair — even the innately vocal breeds can be trained to give it a rest.
Barking is a dog's way of communicating — hey, someone's coming up the driveway; watch out, something dangerous is about to happen. But some dogs, like some humans, Read More |
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January 25, 2010, from are good friends at 7Days.com They call them man’s best friend but as well as being a loyal mate, dogs can also be an essential weight-loss tool, writes Eve Dugdale. Most of us think about doing exercise in the evening or at weekends. But then something vitally important crops up and said activity gets sidelined. You know; the latest installment of ‘American Idol’, a brunch...Read More |
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January 29, 2010 from our pals at Napa Valley Register-- Two furry workers spend hours helping clients take the edge off at the Napa County Health and Human Services campus.
Reggie and Jake — mini Australian Shepherd therapy dogs — interact mostly with young people at the county’s Old Sonoma Road campus.
Reggie’s young charges are seeking psychiatric and behavioral health services, often for serious mental illnesses. Larry Daulong, Reggie’s handler and a county mental health counselor, said his four-legged colleague warms up what can be a scary place for children. On this point, physicians and clients seem to agree wholeheartedly
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Veterinary Research on Compulsive Behavior Could Benefit Dogs and People
January 28, 2010 from our friends at Anchorage Daily News
It turns out that your dog's brain isn't all that different from your own. Dr. Nicholas Dodman, director of the behavior clinic at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA, has been studying compulsive behaviors in dogs, horses and cats for decades. And for years he's been encouraging...Read More |
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