If you’ve never experienced anxiety, consider yourself lucky. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting over 40 million adults over the age of 18 each year. While anxiety disorders are highly treatable, the stigma attached to mental illness prevents the majority of sufferers from seeking treatment. Fewer than 40%…
A dog is never happier than when his favorite person is by his side. While it’s completely normal for a dog to become a little upset when you leave him, it’s something else entirely for him to experience severe anxiety because of it. If you come home to find your dog’s voice hoarse from barking…
Some dogs are naturally more dominant than others, but there’s a difference between a submissive dog and an anxious one. If your dog seems unable to settle down or avoids eye contact when you try to look at him, he may have an anxiety disorder. In the same way mental illness affects humans differently, anxiety…
We’ve all had that neighbor whose dog seems to bark for hours on end, day after day. It’s easy to blame the pet parent in situations like this, wondering what kind of person would let their dog spend the whole day barking without at least checking to see what’s wrong. The reality of the situation…
