Fellow Creatures: Serving Up Truth Sandwiches about Dogs and Cats

I've got a new post on my Psych Today blog, Fellow Creatures.

A dog and cat pose for the camera in a post about countering misinformation.
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By Zazie Todd, PhD

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One of the frustrations of being either a pet guardian or a pet professional is that there are a lot of incorrect ideas out there about how to care for or train your pet. Some of them are downright dangerous and may result in a terrified dog or cat and/or in you getting bitten or scratched.

The post looks at how we can use something called a truth sandwich to make sure we stay focused on the ideas we want to get across. And I share a few 'sandwich' ideas of my own. 

You can read the post here: Serving up truth sandwiches about dogs and cats. Read it and then let me know which topics you think are ripe to be made into sandwiches!


Zazie Todd, PhD, is the award-winning author of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy and the forthcoming Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy. She is the creator of the popular blog, Companion Animal Psychology, writes The Pawsitive Post premium newsletter, and also has a column at Psychology Today. Todd lives in Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband, one dog, and two cats. 

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