NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a snapshot of modern life when stresses build up in what was probably a neighbour dispute over barking dogs. My guess is that the stresses built up to the point where this Georgia woman, Fonda Spratt, 56, lost her cool …
Here are 7 suggestions on how dogs interpret different types of petting by their human caregiver which gives them pleasure for reasons sometimes unknown to the caregiver. Scratching a male dog’s chest between the forelegs is pleasing to him because it feels like he is …
The video is on a separate page where there are no adverts to avoid upsetting advertisers. Please click on the link to see it, if you are in the mood for a bit of horror. You can see a still image from the video by …
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing have come to the conclusion that right-sided tail wagging in dogs is a sign of contentment. They also decided that right-sided wagging is linked to the left side of the brain where positive emotions are processed. …
Here are seven reasons why a dog might lick their paws or a paw. Six of them indicate an actual or potential health problem. Grooming Clearly, self-grooming, aka auto-grooming, is a good reason why your dog licks their paws. It is what dog owners expect. …
Two unrelated female dogs (bitches) nurse each other’s puppies. I cannot find anything on the Internet which tells me that unrelated female dogs share the parenting of their puppies. I have made the presumption that these females are unrelated because they look very different. That …
This is a dog escape to match the best cat escapes. This was smart thinking and brave acting. Of course, we have no idea why a puppy was in a pool of water with a ‘congregation’ of alligators. Yes, a group of alligators is called …
Mother of two, Ivana, had lost her purse. It had vanished and she was at a loss as to who the culprit was. She then noticed that Daisy, her 12-week-old Bichon Frise puppy had stopped eating. Her little pup then started to vomit. It transpired …
The video on this page shows the behaviour that I describe in the title very well. It takes place in Castelo Branco, Portugal hence the burnt landscape and bright sun – lovely. The woman makes a howling sound and her cute dog, Molly, follows admirably. …
