Fellow Creatures: New Post on Little Dogs

I've got a new post on my Fellow Creatures blog at Psychology Today. It's all about whether people treat small dogs differently than big dogs, and whether this explains what people call small dog syndrome.

A white miniature poodle looks happy and sits pretty
Photo: Grish Petrosyan/Pexels

You can read the post here: Do people treat little dogs differently than big dogs?


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Zazie Todd, PhD, is the award-winning author of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy and Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy. She is the creator of the popular blog, Companion Animal Psychology, 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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