Stress in dogs

Stress in dogs, as in us, releases stress hormones in the brain. The effect of this is simply that if any learning can happen, it happens much slower. But the dog is more likely to learn wrong things, such as fear of the situation, or something related to the...

Recommended readings

Abrantes, R. (2005) The Evolution of Canine Social Behaviour. Wakan Tanka Publishers, USA. Beerda, B., Schilder, M. B. H., Van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M., De Vries, H. W. and Mol, J. A. (1999) Chronic stress in dogs subjected to social and spatial restriction. I:...