The Atlantic

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Twenty years after it was first published, Kirsten Bakis’s extraordinary novel Lives of the Monster Dogs still has a lot to say about the entwined destinies of animals and humans.

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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I wanted to write this column about dogs. If you follow me on Twitter or have read my work elsewhere, you probably know that about me: I like my dogs. Though truth be told, I probably like your dogs, too. Because I just like dogs. It's a common senti

People

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1/Think twice before taking your dog to dinner. While you should never take your dog inside a restaurant, if you want to dine alfresco, make sure he’s comfortable with crowds. “Taking your dog to public places depends on your dog’s temperament,” says

Psychologies

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MANY OF THE BENEFITS of kindness are because of how it feels. In fact, the feelings induced by kindness produce what we might call ‘kindness hormones’, and oxytocin is the main one. As well as its role in reproduction, it is also a cardioprotective h

Chicago Tribune

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Anyone who has ever owned a dog knows the experience can have its, um, drawbacks. Dogs of our acquaintance have been known to shred rolls of toilet paper, gobble food off counters, bark furiously at squirrels and letter carriers, barf on rugs, whine

Chat Passion

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Q Our family dog is unwell, and we are facing having to put him down. Our kids, aged eight and six, have never experienced loss. How can I prepare them? Joanna, Dorset A Bereavement and loss can be difficult at any age, whether it relates to a much

India Today

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The Yamuna may be dead, says the radical performance artist who famously chopped off his little finger and threw it in the river in 2002. But Mantos dog lives on- and he's making a series of films to show how. In Mantos Dog of Tithwal, Indian and Pak

Woman

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Paw nibbling, licking, chewing and even sniffing are all signs that there is something not quite right with your dog. Some owners are so used to the sound of their dog chomping away on its paws that they have even started to think it is normal. Howev

The Guardian

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The group of strangely coloured canines was first spotted on 11 August prompting locals to complain to the local pollution control board

Outdoor Life

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TOM LOY OF TALLGRASS GORDON SETTERS sits by the whelping box, where a litter of 3-day-old setter puppies navigate their tiny universe from behind closed eyes. One by one, Loy lifts the puppies from the box and runs them through a series of brief exer

Sporting Gun

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• I would not consider doing any formal training with a puppy until they are at least six months old as by then they are a bit more physically and mentally able to cope with it. In the early days I like to spend a lot of time playing with the puppies

Your Pregnancy

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Cherry Melon, our fave maternity store, has launched Breasties, a pad providing natural hot and cold therapy for sore breasts. Available for R329 from the three Cherry Melon stores (Canal Walk, Cape Town; Menlyn and Cresta, Gauteng) and cherrymelon.c

Women's Health Australia

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I once read a magazine article by a writer whose dogs would roll over and pee in excitement when he walked through the door. “They both think I’m the greatest,” he wrote. It stuck with me, and not just because it made me laugh. I thought of how my ow

POPSUGAR

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A new analysis of 70 years' worth of studies that look at the effect of owning a dog on your survival claims that having a dog lowers your risk of dying early by 24 percent - and yeah, that sounds about right! Of course anyone who owns a dog - or sim

Sporting Gun

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Introducing a dog to gunfire needs careful consideration. Nowadays, I see few dogs that are genuinely gun-shy; I do see, however, dogs that are “gun nervous”, which in most cases has been brought on by incorrect or hurried introduction to shot. Depen

Pick Me Up

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Forthglade natural pet food (forthglade.com) celebrates its 50th birthday this year, and has partnered with Animal Behaviourist Caroline Wilkinson to share five top tips to make any dog’s birthday special. 1. ICING ON THE CAKE - Who doesn’t love a ca

Country Life

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AT last, there is a roadmap out of lockdown—schools have opened their doors, hairdressing appointments have been secured and pub tables hastily booked. However, as we creep towards the light at the end of the tunnel, spare a thought for our canine co

Pets Magazine

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Edelman Singapore, in collaboration with CAS (Causes for Animals Singapore), ASD (Action for Singapore Dogs), SAM (Society for Animal Matters), Chained Dog Awareness and Mutts Rescue – launched The Perfect Voiceovers campaign to increase the adoption

Woman

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MY HAVANESE WAS ATTACKED BY A SPRINGER SPANIEL IN MY LOCAL PARK LAST WEEKEND; WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS? I’m so sorry to hear that this happened and I can imagine it was a terrifying event. You are not alone in being unsure of your rights. Often I am aske

Pick Me Up Special

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Over 26% of the UK adult population owns a dog. And it turns out, it's good for you! According to research by The Kennel Club, owning a dog can reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, mainly as a result of the extra motivation they provide for

Literary Hub

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My dog has a carbon footprint. She loves food for one thing, especially meat, and sometimes I keep the heat turned up a few degrees for her when I leave the house. In a strictly economic sense, her productivity (the ratio between output and input vol

Futurity

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Dogs not only go out of their way to comfort their upset owner, but will overcome obstacles to do it quickly, experiments show. In the journal Learning & Behavior, researchers show that dogs with strong bonds to their owners hurried to push through a

Futurity

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A new canine sleep study could serve as a baseline for research on chronic pain and cognitive dysfunction in dogs, potentially improving detection and treatment of these conditions. “The study was necessary because research on dogs and sleep has outp

Game & Fish West

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As duck season progresses, taking care of your dog in cold weather is vital. That starts with a healthy diet. “I strongly encourage people to feed their dog a high-quality food year-round, not just during hunting season,” says Jared Moss, owner of Be

Shooting Gazette

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Q My labrador is 14 months old and to date has been very good in training and progressing well. Just recently he has gone very flat and has started to ignore dummies after finding them and responding less often to commands. It’s very unusual for him

Woman's Own

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Dogs in particular are amazing at sniffing out dozens of different illnesses, including cancers, malaria, Parkinson’s and, more recently, COVID-19. Dogs’ sense of smell is 10,000 times better than humans’, and is sensitive to the slightest change – i

Shooting Times & Country

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SIKA HAS HAD some downtime after the shooting season and is now being brought back into training. She did fantastically for her first season, picking warm game, being totally steady to shot, hunting under control and recalling consistently around gam

Sporting Gun

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For people who only ever mate their bitch once, the most important factor is to make sure you have prepared the dog beforehand. For the uninitiated it can be quite daunting. For starters, you should have done the necessary health tests to ensure that

BBC Science Focus Magazine

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SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEADLINES Lonely dogs | Stool-gazing | COVID-19’s origins Dogs love to spend time with their human family. So much so that we usually have to actively teach them as puppies that it’s really going to be okay if they’re not with us e

Shooting Gazette

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Q My dog gets very agitated after a while when we are training. He starts off well but then quickly seems to get slower and has been known to go and sit under the car. It is a fairly recent thing but shows no signs of going away. Any thoughts? A Oh d