Category: A PAWS 4 THOUGHT

What you need to know about the 4 ugly faces of pain

Imagine you’re out walking with your dogs. They’re both having a fantastic time running round following smells, chasing birds, digging holes – and swimming and rolling in muddy puddles.

Then one of the dogs’ comes up lame in the right front paw. You investigate and find she’s broken a nail…

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A particularly nasty, persuasive and destructive piece of advice that has been passing around the dog world for many years now – is the idea that you should always ignore a frightened dog – because by cuddling and paying attention to him you only reinforce that fear and make it worse!

Continue reading “The Startling Science of Fear and Love”