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Fellow Creatures: Things You Shouldn't Do To Your Cat

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A new post on my Psych Today blog about the things that shouldn't be done to cats. Photo: Dominika Roseclay/Pexels By Zazie Todd PhD

International Cat Day 2022 Expert Panel

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International Cat Care hosted an expert panel to answer your cat questions. Photo: Natalia Mikulich/Shutterstock

Companion Animal Psychology Book Club August 2022

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“Lucy Cooke is brilliant, pedigreed, fearless, and flat-out hilarious . . . Bitch is astonishing, wildly entertaining, and massively important.”―Mary Roach

Can Dogs Detect the Earth's Magnetic Field and Use it to Navigate?

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We already know that dogs have amazing noses, but it seems they can also use magnetoreception to help them find their way.  Photo: dezy/Shutterstock

Fellow Creatures: Difficult Decisions at the End of a Cat's Life

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Today I've got a new post over on my Fellow Creatures blog at Psychology Today. Peng Louis/Pexels

Adopting an Overseas Rescue Dog: Tips from Unidos para los Animales

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How Guatemalan rescue Unidos para los Animales ensured a good fit for dogs’ new homes—and what you need to know if you’re considering adopting a dog from abroad.  Linda Green takes some downtime to play with Dallie, a dog at Unidos para los Animales who needed a bit of a leg up to be comfortable on leash. Often dogs need a new, and specific, skillset on their way to becoming the well-adjusted dogs they are destined to be. Photo: Kristi Benson.

Is My Cat Happy?

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There's an excerpt from my new book Purr on The Wildest . Photo: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock By Zazie Todd PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you   Get Companion Animal Psychology in your inbox. There's an excerpt from my new book, Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy on The Wildest , about how you can tell if your cat is happy .   Read it, and then if you don't have your copy of Purr yet, you can get it from these links:   Chapters/Indigo    Indiebound   Bookshop    Barnes & Noble   Amazon    Blackwells    Waterstones   Booktopia In Canada, signed copies of  Purr  are available from Black Bond Books via this link:  https://blackbondbooks.com/purr 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

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