Category Archives: Behavior and Psychology

Saturday Survey: Does Your Dog Take Care of You?

In the week or so since I’ve been home from the hospital with my new knee, Cooper has barely left my side.  He’s always been a big baby, but I really think he knows I don’t feel so good. It’s weird because the other three dogs (and even 1 of the cats) don’t appear to notice, but Cooper & 1 of the cats have been all about sticking with me.  It’s good to have friends!

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Saturday Survey: What’s It Take to Get A Treat Around Here?

Hi!  My name’s Penny Layne.  You may as well go ahead & start singing the Beatles song – it’s all I ever hear.

Anyways, my mom, the Dog Lady, is off at the State Special Olympics Games with the boys, so I decided to take over the blog for t0day.

Here’s what I’m curious about.  Mom keeps telling the boys to lay off the treats for me because I’m getting too fat.  (As if!)  Usually, I can get them to give me one anyways by standing up on my hind feet and begging, but that’s awful hard work with such a large belly – it throws off my balance.

So, here’s my question: how hard do you make your dog work for treats?

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Tuesday Top Ten: Cities with the most dog bites of postal carriers

Last week was national dog bite prevention week, but these stats got to me a little late.  According to the US Postal Service, their carriers were bitten 5, 669 times in 2010.  Here are the top ten cities, along with the number of attacks sustained in each.

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