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Canine Behavior: Dogs’ Ability to Learn Has Declined During the Pandemic
Dogs reportedly became harder to train as the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, although the situation appears to have improved since the pandemic ended. A large-scale U.S. study in...
Aging in Dogs: From Genetic and Environmental Factors to a Preventive Approach to Comorbidities
The Dog Aging Project , a long-term biological study of aging in dogs, provides the first large-scale mapping of age-related comorbidities in dogs. Using data from 26,614 dogs w...
Feline Dementia: Synaptic Evidence Linking Cats to Alzheimer's Disease
In older cats, amyloid-β deposits accumulate within the synapses themselves, immediately followed by their phagocytosis by microglia and, to a lesser extent, by astrocytes.By ex...
E. coli in Pets: A Bacteria with Zoonotic Potential That Poses a Threat to Public Health
A new study highlights the risks of transmission of pathogenic, antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli bacteria among dogs, cats, and humans. Common Urinary Tract Infections in H...
COVID-19: The puppy-child relationship during the pandemic was not a miracle cure
During the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of families welcomed a puppy into their homes, hoping to provide their children with immediate emotional support. A recent study by the R...
When Dogs Replace Children: The Roots of “Dog Parenting” in the West
An article published in *European Psychologist* explores a growing phenomenon: the trend in Western societies to view dogs as full-fledged members of the family, and sometimes e...