9 Triggers of Depression in Dogs

In one of our previous articles, we talked about the symptoms of depression in dogs. Just like humans, dogs can be depressed too and there are many different triggers to this condition and its very important as the dog owner that we are aware of these key triggers or signs.

Below are the most common causes of depression in dogs and what to do to make them feel better.

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Shelter Dogs 'in Love' Hope to Find Forever Home Together

This Valentine’s Day, two shelter dogs from Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge (RBARI) in Oakland, NJ, hope to find a forever home together. The dogs, Clover and Roscoe, have fallen in love and are inseparable.

Clover is a 6-year-old female Corgi-Lab mix rescued from a hoarding situation and Roscoe is 4-year-old male Basset hound who used to be an outside dog and is fearful of men.

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Protect Chained Dogs in Extreme Weather: Update (2/14): Disappointment as Legislation Hits Snag in the Senate

Senate bill, SB26, which would provide protection for chained dogs in extreme weather, failed to progress in the Senate yesterday. In order for the bill to move forward, the Senate Judicial Proceedings committee must first vote favorably to do so. SB26 fell short of the votes needed to pass out of committee to the full Senate.

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Our Interest in Unlikely Animal Friendships Reveals Something Surprising About Humankind

YouTube/National Geographic Applying psychology to the topic of animal cuteness might seem like using a hammer on an egg. Can't we agree that something is adorable just because it is?

But as with beauty, cuteness is in the eye of the beholder, and arguments abound as to why (some) infants and (some) animals manage to be so endearing to the human observer.

"Pleasure is not something that natural selection doles out without a reason," writes evolutionary biologist David Barash for Aeon Magazine, "and we would expect that reason to be intimately connected with maximizing fitness."

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