Just like humans, dogs can suffer from arthritis, but as pet owners, we never want to hear our dog's medicine is making them worse instead of better. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

October 1 is National Black Dog Day, and this day was founded in 2012 to bring awareness to the stigma black dogs face. Shelters actually have a term for this stigma: Black Dog Syndrome, which is when ...

Why Do Dogs Need Regular Checkups? Most of us know that we should see our doctors for a yearly physical, but we may procrastinate because we feel well. However, dogs don't always show signs of illness ...

Additionally, the chemicals that make us feel stressed or relaxed are the same. Multiple studies show that when people pet dogs, it reduces cortisol (the stress hormone) and boosts oxytocin and ...

But there's another important reason why pups seek out close contact. Kristyn Echterling-Savage, PhD, CAAB, BCBA-D, is a certified applied animal behaviorist and behavior analyst, as well as founder ...

Your Dog's Sense of Smell Is Extraordinary Dogs' sense of smell is estimated as being between 10,000 to 100,000 times more powerful than humans'. To put that into context, some scientists say that ...

2. Continue Giving Heartworms the Heave-ho As with flea and tick prevention, fall isn't the time to push pause on protecting your pet from heartworms either. "While it's called heartworm 'prevention,' ...

Aggressive Behavior Aggressive behavior is about creating distance from something; the dog is essentially trying to drive a threat away. In fact, most aggressive behavior stems from fear. For example, ...

Can a Winking Dog Have Health Problems? Frequent winking, especially with the same eye, can be a sign of something wrong. Dogs may be apt to close an eye repeatedly if they're experiencing pain, light ...

But sadly for Tubs, not everyone is a dog person (imagine!), so some folks walk by without administering any head pats. Even more sadly, some people see the flat, squarish "pit bull" head and balk.

Cool Facts About Dogs A trained bloodhound's tracking evidence is legally admissible in some U.S. courts. The United States has 75 million pet dogs, more than any other country. It's true: Dogs do ...

Their communication style. Kitty is always trying to tell you something—from how they touch you to their meows and tail wags. We just need to watch and listen. Creating interactions that build trust.