6 Simple Ways to Help Your Dog’s Mental Health
Dogs bring joy to our lives with their unconditional love and pleasure in simple things. But mentally, dogs are more complicated than many people think. In a 2013 study on the canine brain, Emory University scientists concluded that dogs’ brains bear some striking similarities to ours, particularly when it comes to emotions. When it comes to mental health, dogs are more like us than you may think. Like people, dogs can experience stress, anxiety, depression, grief and other mental and emotional issues. But unlike people, they can’t tell us how they’re feeling or seek help. So how can we tell if our dogs are suffering? And how can we help them?
