Natural Pet Blog

How to avoid losing your pet

Here are the six things to do to avoid losing your pet this summer: Identification, Using a Leash, Training to "come", Security of your yard, Travel Preparation, and Monitoring Behavior and Location.

Why dogs and cats eat grass

Eating grass is very common in both dogs and cats as well as their wild relatives. It may be an adaptive behavior to reduce internal parasites.

Dog personality depends on breed (and age and social environment)

A new study on 11,000 dogs reported that while the breed of the dog was the most important factor related to personality, there was a broad range of personalities across individuals in each breed. ...

What in the world is my pet doing?

You can learn what your dog or cat really mean through their vocalizations and body language.

Amazing animal stories: "Guide Cat" for blind dog

Cat helps guide a dog that became blind.

Is this a dog or a wolf?

The search for the common ancestor of dogs and wolves continues.

Q. What dog breed is the friendliest?

While some dog breeds are known to be friendly and outgoing, there is a great deal of individual variation even within the same breed. Each dog’s personality is the result of the interplay of genet...

How many words does your dog know?

What dog learned the most words? A border collie named Chaser set the record by understanding over 1000 spoken words.

Where did dogs come from?

Dogs were the first domesticated species, and the wolf is the likely ancestor of modern dogs. Pretty straightforward, right? Actually, the dogs’ story is anything but simple. Scientists are contin...

Some new ideas about the domestication of dogs

Find out how dogs were domesticated to become our best friend! The "self-domestication" process is based on the behavior of wolves and how increasingly friendly behavior toward humans was beneficial.