A glance again at the most well-liked articles and podcasts about canine and cats during the last 12 months.

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By Zazie Todd PhD

It is time for the annual checklist of the most well-liked posts of the 12 months right here at Companion Animal Psychology. And there is a countdown of the most well-liked podcast episodes too.

You may discover a variety of knowledge about canine and cats in these posts and episodes. My visitor authors and interviewees are enjoyable and provoking in equal measure. So with out additional ado…

The canine and cat posts of the 12 months

These had been the highest posts of the 12 months on Companion Animal Psychology:

10. You may set your pet as much as be buddies together with your cat–if you get the intro proper.

9. What are reward-based coaching strategies for canine (and cats)?

8. Understanding resource-guarding in canine (and methods to repair it) with Lisa Skavienski. (That is the weblog put up that accompanies episode 8 of The Pawsitive Publish in Dialog). 

7. What are cat pheromones and what do they do?

6. 3 extra the reason why it is higher to make use of (solely) reward-based strategies to coach canine.

5. Is your canine’s meals bowl half full or half empty? by Sky Sobol

4. Are you able to think about? These barking and snarling canine are upset, not misbehaving by Kristi Benson Particular Correspondent.

3. Pleasant felines: How you can inform in case your cats get alongside. 

2. Saying goodbye to a beloved canine: A life properly lived? by Kristi Benson Particular Correspondent.

1. The feline grimace scale helps you recognize in case your cat is in ache. 

This 12 months, I wasn’t in a position to write as a lot as common at my Psychology Right this moment weblog. I will be again there someday within the new 12 months. These had been my high 3 posts at Psych Right this moment:

3. Ought to we deal with massive and small canine the identical manner?

2. It’s a must to learn canine trainers’ web sites carefully, examine says.

1. 25 methods to make a cat happier

The podcast episodes of the 12 months

This 12 months was the 12 months that I launched my podcast, The Pawsitive Publish in Dialog, with my co-host (and Particular Correspondent) Kristi Benson, and we have had 15 episodes to date. 

This checklist is predicated on the variety of audio downloads of the podcast. The hyperlink is to the corresponding weblog put up the place you may discover each the audio and video, together with a transcript of the highlights, so you will have a selection of methods to take pleasure in every episode.

These had been the most well-liked episodes:

5. Understanding resource-guarding in canine (and methods to repair it) with Lisa Skavienski. 

4. Cat husbandry: How you can groom your cat, trim nails, get scratching posts, and provides meds.

3. Enrichment for cats and writing about canine and cats with Sassafras Lowrey.

2. Victoria Schade, Unleashed Vacation, and pleasant romcoms with canine.

1. Instructing recall and stopping canine from getting misplaced with Maria Karunungan.

Thanks

Typically individuals write to me as if Companion Animal Psychology is a group of individuals with employees. It is nonetheless simply me. However there lots of people who assist to maintain it going and it appears like there is a fantastic group round CAP.

I am particularly grateful to Kristi Benson for being such a enjoyable and fabulous individual, for writing items which can be so witty and inspirational and delightful, and for serving to to make each podcast episode stream so properly.

Thanks to all of our interviewees on the podcast: Jane Wolff, Lisa Skavienski, Victoria Schade, Sassafras Lowrey, Maria Karunungan, Jean Donaldson (whose title comes up in a number of episodes!), Erica Beckwith, and the individuals with whom we have recorded episodes that can air quickly (you may discover out their names quickly sufficient!). And thanks to Sky Sobol for a wonderful piece of science communication about optimism and pessimism. 

Particular due to Dr. Jill Bradshaw, Sarah, Janet, Audrey v, Kerryn Martin, Anne-Marie Reed, Jeff, Penny canine, and everybody who has supported me on Kofi this 12 months.

Above all, thanks to you for studying and sharing my posts.

Wishing you and your pets a beautiful 2024!