Cats ate 12 to 20 meals, spread out through day and night, while dogs ate seven or eight times, mostly in daytime. The report stresses that fresh water always should be available to dogs ...

According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association, 38.4% of American households have at least one dog, while only 25.4% have at least one cat. Birds and horses are a far distant 2.8% and 0 ...

Why We Love Our Cats and Dogs Whether it’s an occasional shared sense of playfulness or our surging oxytocin when we gaze at each other, house pets and humans share a unique cross-species bond.

Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs David Grimm explores the rich and surprising history of our favorite companions. Posted Apr 08, 2014 . SHARE. TWEET. EMAIL. MORE.

Pets really ARE fur babies! We love our dogs and cats because they remind us of infants, expert says. Pets may have hijacked our evolutionary impulse to look after infants ...

Notably, dogs and cats actually consumed about 33% of the animal-derived calories that humans did, perhaps because their diets are generally more meat-heavy than ours, Okin said.

Cats and dogs react to many of the same things people do, as well as pests like fleas. There are no definitive recent statistics on how many pets have allergies, but research suggests the problem ...

Cat fleas have been found on more than 130 wildlife species around the world, representing nearly 20% of the species that we surveyed in our database. Read more: The marmot, a hungry dog and how ...

Allergic cats and dogs aren't as likely as humans to sneeze and cough. More often, they scratch and lick themselves, shake their heads and develop ear infections.

Dogs and cats can also suffer from allergies, but there are ways to help our furry friends Rarely, pets can develop life-threatening anaphylactic reactions, perhaps after being stung by an insect.