In their relationships with people, most cats take a “live and let live” approach. Cats usually do not show aggression toward people over food, toys or space the way dogs sometimes will. While some cats may hiss, growl, bite or scratch if we try to...
We’ve spent the last several weeks preparing for a two day seminar we’ll be giving with colleagues Dr. Marc Bekoff and Ms. Nancy Williams for Professional Animal Behavior Associates, Inc., in Guelph, Ontario Canada. The theme is Dog-Dog Inter...
Anyone who knows us knows how attached we are to our Irish setter Coral. Coral is now 6 years old, but still has a very “babyish” face – the technical term being neotenic face. Neoteny means the persistence of infantile or juvenile char...
In recent years, there’s been a lot of discussion about the effectiveness and appropriateness of different training and behavior modification methods. Is clicker training better than compulsion training? Is training with a remote training collar mo...
Cats are sometimes said to be aloof, untrustworthy, difficult to 'read', and untrainable. Cat lovers of course know these claims are not true, but what is true is that cats are clearly not small dogs. Part of what makes cats their own "...
A number of years ago friends of ours rescued a 4 month old puppy from an abusive situation. Although her heritage was unknown, the puppy appeared to be a pit-bull type mix of some sort. She was a sweet and friendly pup, both wit...
There have been a number of times when we've taken our pets and visited friends who also have pets. We know we aren't alone because many "pet people" have friends with pets they often like to visit. One such experience occurred&nb...
Our friend Kathy has been caring for a stray cat that has “adopted” her. Kathy lives in a rural area, and Sam has been staying in her barn, but Kathy would like to bring Sam into the house and integrate him into the family with her other two c...
On March 25th, 2010 at 7pm Eastern time, Suzanne will give a public presentation for CAIT – Companion Animal Initiative in Tennessee on Keeping Your Cat Happy. The presentation will be webcasted LIVE so if you want to tune in, join the fun, and pic...
Did you ever think your dog could run afoul of your local animal control ordinances for biting a veterinary professional? We didn't. We've heard of civil suits under those circumstances, but not criminal ones. Watch the video below to...
