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Is Your Dog Happy? The Inside Scoop From An Expert

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…A ride in the car, a trip on a ferry, a walk in the park! I can fill my senses with new smells, walk into a scent cone–a rabbit is…

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Stressed? You Might Be Stressing Your Cat as Well

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…a new baby in the family, a new cat or dog in the home, or sudden aggression between cats in the same household who have previously coexisted peacefully. Cats are…

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New Dog Anthem: I Love My Automobile

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Reading Time: 3 minutesReading Time: 3 minutes If your dog is terrified of riding in the car, it doesn’t have to be that way. With careful planning and patient training, you can teach…

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When Harry Met Minnie: The Story of a Double Friendship

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Reading Time: 4 minutesReading Time: 4 minutes During her four-decade career as a CBS news correspondent, Martha Teichner has covered wars, royal weddings, school shootings, earthquakes, and other headline-events all over the world….

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New at the Zoo: Design Trends Benefit Animals and Humans

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Reading Time: 5 minutes…their reproduction. “These animals are very secretive, so it’s hard to study them,” Zeigler says. “No one knew their gestation period – now we know it’s eight months. Now we…

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Gone-Away Blues: Help Pets Adjust to Family Absences

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…stage for a new routine – if possible – before the new schedule kicks in. And practice that new schedule. Exercise and play: Activity can also be an effective stress…

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Is Your New Cat Declawed? How to Help Her Live a Safe and Stress-Free Life

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteReading Time: < 1 minute We’re not fans of declawing surgery, but you may have adopted a cat who has been deprived of claws. Cats without claws have special needs…

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Be Soothing, Not Scary: 8 Tips on Making Friends With a Parrot

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Reading Time: 3 minutesReading Time: 3 minutes If you are a fan of parrots, you look forward to those moments when you get to make a new parrot friend. While some dogs or…

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Scent Games for Horses Are Fun and Useful

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Reading Time: 4 minutesnew and strange thing in their well-known environment. Typically, a horse will do wide, looping circles combined with pretending to ignore the new object. Circles will get tighter and tighter…

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Puppy Proofing Reduces Stress For Pets, People

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…which I use to feed him one of his meals. A new puppy turns people into much better housekeepers. Bravo finds new toys everywhere, so bathroom doors now stay latched…