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Mandy Moore is keeping the memory of her late dog Joni alive. Late last week, the pregnant This Is Us star, 36, shared photos on Instagram of a toy dog from Cuddle Clones that is a near-perfect replica of her late canine, who died unexpectedly on Nov. 30. In her caption, Moore said that her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, bought her […]
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If you’re overly concerned about your pet’s behavior around your baby, consider hiring a professional trainer to come to your house and assess the situation. “But I really doubt that going to that extreme is necessary in the vast majority of cases,” Dr. Osborne says. “Everybody learns to adjust, you just need to let it happen gradually.” Don’t leave your […]
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A human infective nematode found in remote northern areas of Australia has been identified in canine carriers for the first time. Flinders University environmental health researchers, with experts in the U.S., have found a form of the soil-borne Strongyloides worm in faeces collected from dogs. Strongyloidiasis, carried by several kinds of Strongyloides spp., is estimated to infect up to 370 […]
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They’re physically and emotionally wounded—most likely suffering from post-traumatic stress. Members of the United States military who serve abroad often return to the U.S. to treat their injuries and must be transported by aeromedical evacuation between medical facilities. Those who undergo these types of evacuations are in states of both chronic and acute stress. While much is known about the […]
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Brotherly love! Andy Cohen‘s 2-week-old son Benjamin Allen and dog Wacha are two peas in a pod on National Love Your Pet Day, sharing a sniff in a snapshot the Watch What Happens Live host shared to Instagram Wednesday. In the photo, Benjamin is rocking a blue Grateful Dead onesie (which goes for $26 at littlehippie.com) and resting on his back atop […]
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New research by the University of Bristol in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs has found that the best trained alert dogs have the potential to vastly improve the quality of life of people living with Type 1 diabetes. As reported in PLOS One, on average trained dogs alerted their owners to 83 per cent of hypoglycaemic episodes in over 4,000 […]
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For veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, service dogs might be able to offer both behavioral and physiological benefits to help counter some of those symptoms, according to research that is being led by the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine. Maggie O’Haire, assistant professor of human-animal interaction in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is at the forefront of the research […]
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When Scott Vande Zande had a serious stroke 15 years ago, his beloved golden retriever Hollie was key to his recovery. “I had to learn to speak again, but there were times I couldn’t talk,” said the Seattle engineer. “I’d come home, and I was so depressed. Then, I’d see Hollie, and it took a lot of the grief away. […]
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