That Guilty Look

 “Calvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse.”  ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes   Common Myth: When our pup puts on that doleful, guilty look, they must be guilty of something, right? He/she clearly feels bad for doing something wrong. TRUTH: Your …

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Was It Out of Spite? Think Again.

Many animal guardians truly believe that their cat, dog, bird, rabbit, pig, horse etc. does things “to them” out of spite or malice.  New Flash: This is not true.  When we don’t know how or why an animal behavior problem exists, we tend to make it about us; we personalize it.  In the animal behavior …

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