Author: Val Hughes

In recent decades, dog training has been compared to the Wild West, where anything goes,…

Concierge veterinary care—are you familiar with the term? I was not, when I read it…

I was reading the online comments on a post in which the writer was attempting…

You’ve decided to take your new family member (canine) to visit a dog-friendly business—a pub!…

When I asked if any of my friends online had visited a cat café, their…

For perspective on changes in veterinary clinics, I asked friends online about their recent experiences…

Karen Pryor (May 14, 1932–January 4, 2025) was an American author who specialized in behavioral…

What do you call people who have pets—pet parents, pet guardians, or … what? In recent years,…

I recently received this big question from a reader of my weekly blogs. I enlisted…

As I explained last week, in October I’d started reading the updates a friend posted…