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What Dog-Parent Guilt Can Teach Us About Human-Animal Bonds
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (623+ words) Posted June 30, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch A growing number of people live with and share their lives with a pet. It may be a cat, a dog, or less typical animals such as reptiles or small rodents. And these animals…...
What Dog-Parent Guilt Can Teach Us About Human-Animal Bonds | Psychology Today New Zealand
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (623+ words) Posted June 30, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch A growing number of people live with and share their lives with a pet. It may be a cat, a dog, or less typical animals such as reptiles or small rodents. And these animals…...
Senior Cats: How to Keep Your Kitty Happy as They Age
1+ week, 4+ day ago (402+ words) Posted June 18, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader This year, my cat Melina turned 16. Her beautiful tortoiseshell coat is a little faded, but she still has a fierce personality, living up to the tortie stereotype. As an older cat, though, she needs…...
A Deep Dive Into Why Being Fluent in "Cat" and "Dog" Is Key
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (533+ words) Updated May 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills I didn't write much at all about cats, so that is among the many reasons why I was pleased to read a recent award-winning book by cat and dog expert Frania Shelley-Grielen, simply titled…...
What Do Dogs and Other Pets Feel About Their Captive Lives?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (33+ words) Jay Ingram's "The Science of Pets" is a must-read about facts and myths about a global "petpourri" of animals, what's in their hearts and heads, and what they think about it all....
What Do Dogs and Other Pets Feel About Their Captive Lives? | Psychology Today Canada
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (33+ words) Jay Ingram's "The Science of Pets" is a must-read about facts and myths about a global "petpourri" of animals, what's in their hearts and heads, and what they think about it all....
What Do Dogs and Other Pets Feel About Their Captive Lives? | Psychology Today United Kingdom
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (33+ words) Jay Ingram's "The Science of Pets" is a must-read about facts and myths about a global "petpourri" of animals, what's in their hearts and heads, and what they think about it all....
What Humans Need to Understand About Cat Scratching
1+ year, 1+ week ago (445+ words) Posted June 22, 2025 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch In clinical literature, this idea has taken firm root. Behavioral increases in scratching have been widely interpreted as signs that a cat is emotionally distressed or insecure in its environment. Many cat owners are…...
The Surprising Link Between Pet Attachment and Mental Health
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (957+ words) Posted December 2, 2025 | Reviewed by Devon Frye Can you be too attached to your pet? In a Psychology Today article called "How Our Bonds with Pets Support Mental Health," Jason Shimiaie argues that strong attachments to dogs provide important mental health…...
Do Pets Make Their Owners Happy? A New Study Says No
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (197+ words) Posted February 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods First, the study was longitudinal, and data were collected over many years. It started in 2001, and the data analyzed in the study were collected in 2018 and 2022. Thus, unlike in previous studies that only collected…...