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Tender Paws

Interspecies attachment and relationships.

Animal Behavior
Can Your Relationship Survive Co-Parenting a Dog?

Wendy Lyons Sunshine, MA on September 21, 2024

Are you and your partner itching to bring home a puppy or dog? First, remember that living with a dog can be like parenting a toddler—one who never fully grows up and moves out.

Are you and your partner itching to bring home a puppy or dog? First, remember that living with a dog can be like parenting a toddler—one who never fully grows up and moves out.

Animal Behavior
Where a Dog Leads, We May Follow

Wendy Lyons Sunshine, MA on February 26, 2024

Researchers examine how synchrony affects our relationship with dogs. Can we encourage dogs’ affiliative behavior by following their lead?

Researchers examine how synchrony affects our relationship with dogs. Can we encourage dogs’ affiliative behavior by following their lead?

Stress
3 Ways to Help Your Dog Stay Mentally Balanced

Wendy Lyons Sunshine, MA on July 16, 2023

If you’re feeling socially anxious and cranky lately, you’re not alone. Researchers are seeing a worldwide uptick in mental health problems—and even your dog could be feeling it.

If you’re feeling socially anxious and cranky lately, you’re not alone. Researchers are seeing a worldwide uptick in mental health problems—and even your dog could be feeling it.

Attention
The Body-Mind Connection in Dogs

Wendy Lyons Sunshine, MA on March 15, 2023

The link between a dog’s body and mind—the intricate interplay between medical conditions, behavior, and emotions—draws researchers' and clinicians’ attention.

The link between a dog’s body and mind—the intricate interplay between medical conditions, behavior, and emotions—draws researchers' and clinicians’ attention.

Play
The Magic of Make-Believe for Our Dogs

Wendy Lyons Sunshine, MA on January 10, 2022

Is your dog a bundle of energy or nerves? One expert suggests the solution may be as simple as offering a make-believe playmate.

Is your dog a bundle of energy or nerves? One expert suggests the solution may be as simple as offering a make-believe playmate.

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November 2024
The Perfectionism Trap

When we fall prey to perfectionism, we think we’re honorably aspiring to be our very best, but often we’re really just setting ourselves up for failure, as perfection is impossible and its pursuit inevitably backfires.

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