1 in 6 cats play fetch and 95% are untrained
Does it surprise you that a 1986 study discovered that about 1 in 6 domestic cats play fetch instinctively without training? We tend to think of dogs playing fetch because …
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Why it is easier to take a dog on holiday than a cat!
There is more than one reason why it is easier to take a dog on holiday than a cat but there is one major reason: cats form strong attachments to …
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One quarter of all the world’s dogs are human companions in homes while three quarters are free-ranging or feral
On the Psychology Today website Dr. Marc Bekoff introduces his article by saying that there are 1 billion dogs on the planet and 25% of them are living in homes …
Ohio cop’s shooting of a golden retriever who approached him calls into question the police vetting process
NEWS AND VIEWS-LORAIN, OHIO, USA: I have watched the relevant section of this viral video currently being extensively reported by the news media and I have come to the inevitable …
Described as a cat in a dog’s body. What breed is it?
So, this companion animal groomer (the girl with the dogs) with a TikTok account has boldly and successfully – judging by the more than 10m views – claimed that a …
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Why do cats bully dogs when living in the same home?
Unquestionably, it is cats who normally rule the roost and boss dogs even if dogs are much bigger than them when they live in the same home. It looks incongruous …
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Resource guarding by dogs and cats. Food guarding used to assess adoptability of dogs.
In this article I’m going to discuss resource guarding in cats and dogs. It is a much more important topic for dogs because it can lead to injury but this …
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Why did Martha Stewart’s dogs kill her Persian cat mistaking her as an ‘interloper’?
NEWS AND COMMENT: On Instagram, Martha Stewart tells us, 20 hours ago from the time of this post, that four of her dogs mistook her calico Persian cat Princess Peony …
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