Tag: stress
8 Ways to Prepare to Travel with Your Dog Long-Term
If you want to travel with your dog long-term, preparing them for the trip can help reduce stress and anxiety. Preparation can nip potential...
Gut Health for Dogs: Support the Whole Body from the Belly!
The gut plays a vital role in immunity and overall health and well-being, and high-quality probiotics can help support gut health for dogs!
All dog...
Support the Adrenal Glands with Adaptogenic Mushrooms!
The adrenal glands help to regulate critical body systems. They're part of the endocrine system, so they play a role in managing the stress...
How to Support Your Dog or Cat’s Gut Health
Find out why supporting your dog or cat’s gut health is one of the most important things you can do for his overall well-being.
Integrative...
Does Your Dog Really Have Separation Anxiety?
Understanding the differences between separation anxiety and separation-related behaviors will help with the diagnosis and treatment of an affected dog.
The term “separation anxiety” is...
Summer Road Trips with Your Dog—What You Need to Know
Factoring your dog’s health, safety and comfort into your travel plans makes for a summer road trip that’s fun and stress-free.
Over 100 million Americans...
Adaptogenic Mushrooms for Dogs and Cats
Adaptogens are compounds found in plants that can help the body to manage stress. We know they’re present in roots, herbs, and other plant...
How To Reduce Back-to-School Separation Anxiety in Your Pets
As the school bells ring and the back-to-school season approaches, it's not just the children who experience a significant transition; our furry friends also...
How the “Mushroom of Immortality” Can Benefit Your Dog
With its treasure trove of health benefits, Reishi is an important medicinal mushroom that can help with your dog’s allergies, arthritis, and more.
Selecting the...
Is Small Dog Syndrome Actually Anxiety?
You may think your small dog’s extreme reactions to the world around it are simply Small Dog Syndrome. But what if their big dog...
Video Vet Appointments Less Stressful for Cats
Taking a cat to the vet can be extremely stressful, which means people often delay or avoid making appointments for their kitties. Regular healthcare...
House Call Vets — Why to Consider Having One
While it’s important to maintain a relationship with a local veterinary clinic, a house call practice can take a lot of stress out of...
Understanding and Supporting Your Dog or Cat’s Nervous System
Find out why the nervous system is the most important system in your dog or cat’s body, and how to keep it healthy and...
Secrets for Healthy Skin and a Shiny Coat!
Diet, fresh water, grooming, and skin and coat supplements for dogs—plus a few other tricks—are the secrets to shiny, soft fur and healthy, hydrated...
Understanding Your Dog’s Body Language
Our dogs constantly communicate with us through body language, but we often don’t notice or understand what they’re telling us. By becoming familiar with...
6 Steps to Prepare for Pet Loss
Pet loss can be one of the most difficult experiences in life. These six steps will help you prepare yourself and your family for...
Energy in Dog Training and Why It Matters
Energy is the language of life, but it’s one of the most neglected ingredients in dog training and behavior. Ignoring the energetic piece of...
Urinary Tract Disease and Your Cat
One of the most common health problems to afflict cats is lower urinary tract disease. Understanding the various causes and symptoms are key to...
How to Overcome Fearful Behaviors in Dogs
Do you have a dog who seems insecure, nervous, or fearful about, well, everything? Helping overcome fearful behaviors in dogs is key to happiness,...
How Pets are Helping AIDS Survivors through Two Pandemics
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people turned to their animal companions to help them feel less lonely and isolated. Researchers...
How Reiki Can Help Your Dog or Cat Through Stressful Transitions
Life transitions can be stressful, and our animal companions are affected as much as we are. Reiki is a non-invasive healing modality that can...
Can dogs have panic attacks?
You know your dog can get stressed, but just how stressed can they get? Are panic attacks possible? Unfortunately, yes they are.
It's not uncommon...
How Do Sounds Affect Your Dog Or Cat?
Your dog or cat’s sense of hearing is far more sensitive than yours, so he can be stressed by sounds you may not even...
Study shows positive effects of emotional support animals
April 16 is National Stress Awareness Day and a good time to talk about the role of emotional support animals.
CertaPet and The Assistance Dog...
How to relieve emotional stress — in you and your dog
Our dogs can pick up on our stress, so it’s important to be aware of how we’re feeling when we’re around them. Here’s a...
How massage benefits senior dogs and cats
From easing joint discomfort to alleviating anxiety, massage therapy offers both physical and psychological benefits to senior dogs and cats.
Almost all dogs and cats...
Chiropractic care for canine anxiety
We usually think of chiropractic care in terms of relieving pain in our dogs, but it can also have a positive effect on canine...
Emotional stress in dogs
A close-up look at emotional stress in dogs -- and how our own stress contributes to theirs.
None of us is a stranger to stress....
De-stress with a cat coloring book!
There’s a reason we loved to color so much as children – it’s relaxing as well as fun! Add a cat coloring book to...
How managing your dog or cat’s emotional state takes the stress...
Seeing the veterinarian on a regular basis is a necessary part of being an animal parent. Recognizing and managing your dog or cat’s emotional...
A veterinary view on the benefits of cat pheromones
Here’s what a veterinary professional has to say about cat pheromones and the numerous benefits they can offer our feline companions!
While it’s true cats...
Social enrichment ideas for cats
If your cat responds negatively to change, she may need some social enrichment! Here are a few techniques to try.
Cats are notoriously creatures of...
