There are many similarities between the symptoms of Cushing’s Disease and Addison’s Disease in dogs–both considered fatal in canines. Rumors abound in regard to the miraculous healing of the natural supplement Supraglan, reported to cure both diseases. Are these claims true or not?
About Cushing’s Disease
“Umm….is a sign of Cushing’s green stuff growing around your teeth?”
Cushing’s [...]
With seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D.) and mental disorders affecting many people from early fall throughout the darkening winter months, the negative feelings of depression can be easily overcome by using pet therapy, according to results of the latest studies.
Statistics demonstrate that pet therapy can be utilized for many things—to reduce stress, promote relaxation, decrease tension, and overcome depression [...]
A quote by Bonnie Bergin states that “the possibilities of the human canine partnership are limited only by human imagination”. As president and chief academic officer of the Bergin University of Canine Studies in Santa Rosa, California, Bergin theorizes that ordinary dogs have the ability to learn how to recognize and respond to written commands [...]
Dogs and cats have always been able to detect earthquakes which reach 6 or higher on the Richter Scale about three hours before the quake occurs. But recently Japan’s seismologists have begun to academically study earthquakes claimed to be predicted by dogs in the growing field of animal psychology.
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In China, Premier Zhou Enlai issued [...]
Coming straight from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction (ReCHAI), the latest research has shown that clinical and psychological benefits from someone owning a pet or using pet therapy far exceeds what has been originally documented. Recent data has been found to lower the person’s blood pressure, encourage [...]
As more and more natural and commercial pet products become available in the care of our pets, the line-up for natural products increases. This is due to the wider choices becoming available and potentially dangerous side effects of things like amitraz in the Preventic collars for flea and tick control portrayed through the media. So [...]
With 26 states reporting widespread influenza activity presently in September, it is reported by CDC that this widespread activity is very unusual for that particular month. And not only are dog owners worried about obtaining the H1N1 Swine Flu, but are beginning to be concerned about the current condition of the N3N8 Dog Influenza in [...]
Recently there has been some pretty extensive studies on animal cognition by J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo, who is recognized for his research and publications in the field of animal cognition. What his studies have begun to show us is that animals share functional parallels with human conscious [...]
