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New Year, New Thinking: When Dog Training Doesn’t Transfer Beyond the Home
The New Year often feels like a natural point to take stock. For many dog owners and guardians, that means revisiting training goals and, more specifically, the behaviours that have become a source of ongoing frustration. For example, a recall…
Science of Connection – Understanding Slow Responses in Dogs
Human brains can decode language in milliseconds. Yet for dogs, it’s different. They are not processing words as we do.…
Science of Connection – the Cortisol Conversation
Cortisol is often described as a stress hormone, yet its role is broader and more nuanced. It helps the body…
The Science of Connection – Synchrony
My Science of Connection series is designed to provide bite-sized information for dog owners and guardians, focusing on the biological threads that…
The Science of Connection – the Oxytocin Loop
My Science of Connection series is designed to provide bite-sized information for dog owners and guardians, focusing on the biological…
Is My Dog “Just Acting Out”? Why Headlines Can Mislead Us
Recently, an article popped up in my feed from Yahoo News with the headline: “Does My Dog Have Genuine Separation…
Why Scary Experiences Stick
Think back to a moment that scared you. I will never forget hurtling my then two-year-old daughter towards the pavement…
Rethinking the Pet Effect
Dogs have long been promoted as the perfect antidote to combating loneliness and anxiety. It seems that not a week…
The Social Brain and Animals
Research increasingly shows that the way we train and care for animals influences both their emotional health and behaviour. For…
Why You Forgot Why You Walked into the Kitchen (And What’s It Got To Do With Animals?)
A post drifted into my social feed recently that made me smile: “My ability to remember lyrics from the 80s…
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