How do structured and unstructured animal learning environments affect animal behavior and the bond? Thoughts about that relationship triggered this podcast.
Read more →Talk to many dog people long enough and the subject of companion animal cognition and intelligence eventually will come. Most of us are aware of our own animal’s cognitive and intellectual ability. But what, exactly, does that mean?
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What pops into your mind when you think about women who sleep with their dogs? This podcast explores some of my thoughts after reading two studies of this population from a human-animal bond perspective.
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Are you a pet-food snob? Do think that people who don’t feed their dogs and cats what you consider a quality diet don’t care about their animals? Or that they just aren’t as educated as you are about their animals’ needs?
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The title of this podcast, Unwanted Children and Canine Transport Parallels, is a play on words. The “unwanted” could refer to the children and dogs in the podcast. Or it could refer to the parallels between how a group of people or society deals with unwanted kids and dogs. Or both. This podcast will consider both.
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What kinds of thoughts pop into your mind when you hear the phrase “regrettable human-companion animal rituals”? That’s the subject of 2019’s first podcast. And for as bizarre as some of the regrettable rituals described in this podcast may sound, all have befallen real animals belonging to real people I’ve encountered over the years.
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While the podcaster takes some time off, she leaves you with this lovely example of a safe, pet-friendly holiday decoration–even for high-energy cats.
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This week’s podcast considers a completely different kind of human-companion animal bond experience. Creating it may not be easy, but I think it’s worth it.
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Our expectations routinely change, but sometimes our changing pet expectations may have consequences for them that we don’t think about. Until these cause problems for them and us.
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Do you consider yourself a pet owner, guardian, or parent? What does that label mean to you and your animal? It may not mean what you think it does.
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