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Many people with overweight dogs seem oblivious to the fact that their pet is, indeed, fat. It’s a trend that as loving, caring pet parents, we urgently need to reverse.

There are probably several reasons for this epidemic of fat-blindness, one of which is that because so many pets today are heavy, overweight dogs have become the new normal. In fact, I know pet par...

Moves away when you pet his head

He may not like the way it feels. This is also a signal of dominance to a dog. Most dogs prefer to be pet on their chin, front of chest or side of the face.

Walks in a circle ...

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The never-ending quest to learn what makes canine companions tick has produced a brand new study of dogs’ understanding of human words, or more specifically, the connections they make between objects and the words we assign to them.1 Let’s say your dog’s favorite toy is a small stuffed bunny. Whenever you ask, “Where’s bunny?” your dog cocks her head and moves in the direction of her toy basket.

The “alpha” or “top” dog is a concept that has been incorrectly applied to the human-dog relationship. The term “alpha” came from the idea that wolves have an alpha wolf or so-called “head honcho” that calls the shots for the rest of the pack. The true meaning was to be designated to a breeding pair of wolves, who maintained control over life-sustaining resources and reproductive rights in regards to a specific, related pack of wolves....

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In 2019, Britain's most ​favored names for our ​four​-legged friends are names we​'d​ give t...

News gets old, memes become irrelevant, but dog snapchats (part I, part II, part III, part IV,