Blogs Posts in Pets Behavior category; 67 blog posts

Pets: Solving cat litter-box problems

Did you know inappropriate elimination -- i.e. outside of the litter box -- is a common concern and is one of the most frequent reasons cats are relinquished to animal shelters? Fortunately, many litter-box problems can be resolved with s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Midas Cichlid Aggression

A unique study involving the Midas cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus) in a variety of environments has served to highlight the importance of the size and layout of a home aquarium on the behavior of this territorial species. This is believ [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Our Pets Behavior

Behavior can be a huge iisue with our pets. If each dog and cat owner in the United States took the time to understand the root of their animals' behavioral issues, our animal shelters would be substantially less populated with str [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Know Your Exotic Pet Behavior

Many people are drawn by the desire to own exotic pets. Some say it is to answer the need to be different and unique. Some have this obsession for anything exotic. Others are simply called into the wild. No matter what the reasons m [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Analyzing Pet Behavior Problems

With the recent "Snapping"...OK, darn right biting of a reporter by the President's dog, it seems that there has been more talk of Pets Behavior Problems these days.  I guess as tough as the reporters have been to our [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Dog Behavior Problems Training - 5 Quick Tips

It is a good idea for all dog owners to be schooled in dog behavior problems training. Most owners will deal with the common behavioral issues such as barking and chewing at some point in time. These are normal to a certain degree, but w [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Expensive vet bills 'forcing animal lovers to kill pets'

Expensive vet bills 'forcing animal lovers to kill pets'

More than half of Britain’s vets were forced to kill a pet cat or dog over the past five years because owners could not afford treatment, it said. Almost 90 per cent of vets across the country admitted they had experienced cases of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Why do pets eat weird, dangerous things?

Not long after adopting a 6-month-old lab/German shepherd mix named Libby, Erin Truter of Springfield started noticing things were missing from her family’s home. “It started about three weeks after we adopted her, the kids t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Teaching Pet-Friendly Homes New Cleaning Tricks

Teaching Pet-Friendly Homes New Cleaning Tricks

IN “Dog Whisperer” with Cesar Millan, now in its sixth season on the National Geographic Channel, several episodes have featured vacuum cleaners that send dogs into a barking frenzy. With tactics like placing their food b [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Pets can help humans tide over adversities, mental illness

Pets can help humans tide over adversities, mental illness

Anyone who keeps a pet knows the immense joy and comfort that it can provide, especially in troubled times. A growing body of research now documents the value of the human-animal bond in child development, elderly care, mental illness, phys [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Do pets know when to cheer us ?

Do pets know when to cheer us ?

Pets don't always do what you want, but sometimes they give you what you need. Can pets read our moods, and respond with a human-type compassion? A couple of days ago I felt flattened. I'd had a series of long working shifts, my partner wa [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Dogs take on new role in China as pets

The Chinese have a supremely ambivalent relationship with dogs. They still like to eat them in winter because it is good for the blood. They also consider them to be vermin and cull them on a semi-regular basis. And, recently, a growing num [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

When pets take after the humans

Dusty starts making noise, scrubbing his face and sneezing every morning at 6:30 because he knows it's time to start the day. He doesn't care that it is summer and that roommate Kassidy McCowen would really like to sleep in just one day. &q [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Pets can be the best medicine

Pets can be the best medicine

When Bridgitte Farrell heard the diagnosis of breast cancer, she knew she was in for a battle. But what she didn't realize is that one of her important weapons in that fight would be a dog named Lucky. In March 2006, Farrell learned she had [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2009 | Comments : 0
 
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