Let sleeping dogs lie: What you need to know about canine sleep
Let him sleep. For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let him swim in the deepest...
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Dominance – when an outdated theory won’t go away
As a dog behaviourist and trainer I often get clients concerned that their dog is being “dominant” –...
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Effects of neutering on undesirable behaviours in dogs
The use of surgical neutering is widespread, utilised for its health benefits (Forsee et al., 2013; ...
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Comparing environmental modification and medical management for feline idiopathic cystitis
Imagine this clinical scenario: you have recently diagnosed a four-year-old male neutered cat with i...
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Can gabapentin reduce the stress of cats when visiting the vets?
Imagine this scenario: a post-audit survey of cat owner compliance with annual vaccination recommend...
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Preventing separation-related behaviours developing in puppies
The dog is a social species that has a fundamental drive for social contact (McCrave, 1991). When se...
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Feather plucking in parrots
An article in the Scottish Daily Record (2019) brought to light the damage that parrots can do to th...
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Minimising stress during rabbit examinations
Rabbits are becoming one of the more common animals seen in practice, and with this comes a rising e...
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