It appears that the South Korean authorities don’t altogether trust the organisers of the Paris Olympics to ensure that the accommodation they provided to the Olympians were free of bedbugs. And in order to ensure that no South Korean Olympians return to their country carrying bedbugs they have employed a specialist bedbug sniffer dog …
This story made me smile because there are some nice aspects to it but also some slightly worrying ones. It follows a recent article I wrote about research from China which indicated that people who own cats and dogs spend more money because their companion animal enhances their well-being. They feel good and when …
This is an interesting study. It’s about dogs but I believe that it could just as well be about dogs and cats. Or indeed many other companion animals. In earlier studies the researchers found that the smell of a stressed person can subconsciously affect the state of mind of people nearby (emotional contagion). This …
Perhaps the notable aspect of this video which shows a man saving a cat from a vicious dog attack is that he physically intervenes by grabbing the dog and pulling it off the cat. He did not resort to violence himself and, for example, kick the dog or hit the dog in some other …
Intro: There are many thousands (over 4,000) of excellent animal shelters in the US saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of animals each year but there are some who are failing through sloppy management. The presence of animal shelters in the US is a wonderful thing when you think about it. They indicate …
I have converted a text article reporting on this study by researchers from the universities of Kentucky and California (published in The Journal of Neuroscience) into an infographic so that it can be read very quickly without the need to wade through technical terminology. The basic finding probably confirms what many dog owners and …
I have to repeat myself as my previous article on this has not been sufficiently picked up by the search engines (typical I am afraid) which is why I am writing about it for a second time! Boring right?! 🙄😉But necessary as small rubber balls used for playing fetch with a big dog can …
A 2-inch diameter rubber ball dog toy is too small for big dogs playing fetch. I am referring to the small red KONG Signature ball which you can buy in a 2-pack pack on Amazon. They are 5.08 cm in diameter which is about 2 inches (1.96 inches to be exact). One of these …
