Dear Cathy, Five months ago we adopted a two-year-old year rescue that looks to be a German Pinscher and Dachshund mix. The ...

Anyone who knows me just how much I adore dogs--especially mine. Carter and Jack have me wrapped around their paws, and I wouldn't trade it for all the money in the world. The love, authenticity, and ...

Dogs, like some other species including humans, can sometimes develop an excessive, irrational fear of something animate, inanimate or situational. This state of affairs falls into the category of a ...

My dog Princess detests thunderstorms, firecrackers and gunshots, you know, all those unusually loud, unnatural noises. My clients have let me know from their experiences that my Princess is not alone ...

The unique excitement that fireworks create is one of the few childhood joys many people carry into adulthood, and I am one ...

Dear Cathy: We have an almost eight-year-old, 35 pound mixed-breed dog. We’ve had him since he was eight-weeks-old. He’s a wonderful dog but has always had some psychological issues. For example, he ...

I've always been afraid of dogs. Every Wednesday morning, before I started elementary school, my father went off to work and my sister and brother went off to school--and my mother washed the kitchen ...

Animal Planet's "My Extreme Animal Phobia" examines people's fears of critters. Nov. 17, 2011— -- Does the thought of anything creepy crawly give you the heebie jeebies? Worms, snakes, spiders -- ...

Ask most dog owners and they won’t hesitate to tell you: their pup feels as many emotions as humans do. The surprising news ...

One editor traveled to the Catskills to determine whether goat therapy was an effective anxiety reduction tool, and was shocked by her results.