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By now, most pet owners have asked some version of the same quiet question while locking the door behind them: *Do they know how long I’ll be gone?* The answer, like most things involving animals, is stranger and more interesting than a simple yes or no.

Pets do not experience time the way humans do. They don’t count minutes, anticipate ...Read more

Dear Cathy,

My wife and I have a wonderful companion in Julia, a loving, playful four-year-old King Charles Spaniel. There are two situations that are concerning.

The first occurs when one of us leaves for the supermarket and the other stays home. We’ve read your advice column (“Series of small steps can defeat separation anxiety”) and ...Read more

Dear Cathy,

Five months ago we adopted a two-year-old year rescue that looks to be a German Pinscher and Dachshund mix. The veterinarian feels he was abused but has adjusted fairly well living with us.

The problem is he gets anxious and barks and snaps when my adult son comes to visit. My son comes over about three times a week. My son has ...Read more

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry "sat on the floor" when their beloved dog was having surgery.

Professor Noel Fitzpatrick - the star of the British TV show The Supervet - has reflected on how he operated on the royal couple's beagle Guy in 2017 when the pooch was hurt.

Fitzpatrick, 58, told The Times newspaper: "Meghan rang me from ...Read more

ATLANTA — The 67 dogs were on heavy chains, many without food, water or shelter, on a sprawling 17-acre property in South Georgia, according to federal prosecutors.

Many had wounds and scars from dogfighting, and some were aggressive to the other dogs. There was evidence Dun Bradford had been breeding the pit bull-type dogs for fighting for ...Read more

If you’ve ever watched a dog tear through the house like it’s possessed, or a cat ricochet off furniture as if chased by invisible bees, you’ve witnessed a phenomenon pet owners know well: the zoomies. The technical term is FRAPs — Frenetic Random Activity Periods — but that clinical label barely captures the joy, chaos, and mystery of...Read more

Traveling with pets used to be a niche endeavor reserved for the determined or the desperate. Today, it is increasingly mainstream. More hotels advertise pet-friendly policies, airlines have refined in-cabin rules, and owners are less willing to leave animals behind. Yet the romantic image of a dog with its head out the car window or a cat ...Read more

By the time many pet owners realize something is wrong, the symptoms are already familiar: a dog pacing at dusk, a cat yowling at night, chewed furniture, shredded paper, sudden clinginess, or withdrawal. The first response is often to add stimulation — a new toy, a puzzle feeder, a longer walk, a different treat.

Sometimes that helps. Often,...Read more

If you live with a pet, you already know the scene. You set down your laptop for ten seconds. A cat appears. You fold clean laundry. A dog settles squarely on top of it. You open a book, answer a text, turn away for a moment — and suddenly the most inconvenient object in the room has become prime real estate.

At first, it feels mischievous, ...Read more

If you live with a dog or cat long enough, you learn a peculiar truth: privacy is largely theoretical. Stand up from the couch, and there’s a thump of paws. Walk into the kitchen, and someone appears behind you. Head to the bathroom, and suddenly you have company. To pet owners, it’s familiar and often endearing — but the behavior runs ...Read more

Somewhere right now, as you’re dragging a tree into the living room, unboxing last year’s decorations, or trying to remember where you hid the good scissors, your pet is staring at you with a look that says: “Are we really doing this again?”

Because let’s be honest: The holidays make absolutely no sense to animals.

Dogs and cats live...Read more

Charlie Cox thinks his wife has "replaced" him with their dog.

The Daredevil actor married Samantha Thomas - with whom he has a son and a daughter - in September 2018 and he joked he spends so much time away working that the producer has grown "way too close" to their family pet.

He told People magazine: "My wife and our dog have a very effed-...Read more

Dogs and cats often seem to understand their owners in ways that defy explanation. A pet greets someone gently after a bad day, lingers near an owner before illness appears, or reacts to stress before a word is spoken. While these moments can feel mysterious, science and behavior research suggest that pets are reading signals most humans ...Read more