Some types of dog anxiety are fairly easy to understand: When your dog cowers under the table during a thunderstorm, you know ...

Noozhawk’s 3rd Annual Four-Legged Friends and More is here! This section features articles covering aspects such as health, comfort, training, exercise, and the overall well-being of your beloved ...

In this age of heightened anxiety, many of us turn to our pets for emotional support. But is our behavior increasing our furry friends’ fears? The answer isn’t simple, says Frankie Jackson, a ...

Welcome to Pet Peeves, a monthly series that aims to provide pet care solutions and expert advice for challenging scenarios that involve your beloved animal companions.

Once stay-at-home-restrictions are lifted and humans start going about their daily lives again, dogs are going to be very confused. Steve Dale, a certified animal behavior consultant, said dog owners ...

Does your dog seem a bit aloof, avoiding eye contact and moving away from you when you go near them? Your pet may very well be upset with you. Certified veterinary technician (CVT) Kait Hembree told ...

My parents have a 100-pound livestock guardian dog who’s fearless in the face of predators, but when it thunderstorms, he gets terrified. Even the bravest dogs get scared sometimes—in fact, it’s ...

Consider the situation where you walk into your house only to find your dog is standing next to a puddle of urine. The dog looks at you, hangs his head low and stares down at its feet. How would you ...

Key points Many problem behaviors in dogs are anxiety-related, but some appear due to inattention or hyperactivity. Some breeds are genetically prone to behaviors like hyperactivity or inattention, or ...

Owners returning home to a chewed-up couch or trash thrown around might brush it off and learn to tolerate the dog's unwanted behaviors, but new research revealed a range of naughty behaviors occur in ...