Making the First Night Comfortable: Where Your New Puppy Should Sleep
Key takeaways Ensuring your puppy’s first night is comfortable involves choosing the right sleeping spot, ideally close to you, to help them feel secure and reduce anxiety. Creating a peaceful and warm sleeping environment with familiar scents and comfort items can greatly assist in settling your new puppy and promoting healthy sleep habits. Establishing a […]
Can You Give a Dog Melatonin? A Guide for Pet Owners
Key takeaways: When your dog seems restless at bedtime or paces through a thunderstorm, you may ask, “Can you give a dog melatonin to help them relax?” It is a common question for pet parents exploring safe ways to ease anxiety or improve sleep. Melatonin, a hormone naturally produced in humans and dogs, helps regulate […]
How Much Do Cats Sleep? Decoding Your Cat’s Sleep Cycle
Understanding a Cat’s Sleep Cycle Does your cat nap throughout the day, only to lose their marbles at the crack of dawn? While a cat’s sleep cycle may seem sporadic, there’s a simple trick to understanding—and even changing—their sleep schedule. Why Are Cats Crepuscular? Cats are neither diurnal nor nocturnal. Instead, they are crepuscular, meaning […]
Tips on Picking the Best Dog Bed
Having a bed to rest your head on is a necessity and the same is true for your pet. Of course, your pet can sleep on the floor, or even with you on your own bed or couch, and he or she probably won’t mind doing so. However, your pet should have a special bed […]
How Much Do Dogs Sleep? Decoding Your Dog’s Sleep Cycle
By adulthood, most dogs sleep through the night. Still, you might notice that your dog takes several naps throughout the day, sighing deeply as though they’ve worked a double shift. Have you ever wondered why dogs sleep so much? As it turns out, it has nothing to do with laziness and everything to do with […]
Does Your Dog Stop Breathing In Their Sleep? What To Know About Sleep Apnea in Dogs
Does your pet ever wake up gasping for air? They might have sleep apnea, a disorder that causes episodes during which your pet stops breathing in their sleep. While these episodes can be distressing to both you and your pet, they’re likely to fall back asleep once they catch their breath. Learn how underlying respiratory […]
Why Anxiety in Cats Gets Worse At Night
Are you losing sleep over your pet’s anxiety? It’s not uncommon for cats and dogs to seem fine during the day, only to bark, meow, or pace restlessly through the night. Read on to learn how to can find the underlying cause for your pet’s nighttime anxiety symptoms and what you can do to help […]
Choosing the Right Bed for Your Dog
You probably consider your own bed a necessity rather than a luxury item. The same is true for your dog’s bed! Certainly, your dog can sleep on the floor, or on your own bed or sofa, and will do so without complaint. However, your dog would probably thank you for providing a special bed of […]