{"id":2904,"date":"2018-12-06T10:38:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T10:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/?page_id=2904"},"modified":"2024-01-08T12:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T12:54:47","slug":"is-your-pet-depressed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/caring-for-your-pet\/healthcare-wellbeing\/is-your-pet-depressed\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your pet depressed?"},"content":{"rendered":"
With one in four dogs left alone for more than five hours a day<\/strong>, can we really blame man’s best friend for questioning their own existence? No best friend, human or otherwise, should be left alone so long with vets stressing the need not to leave canines alone for more than four hours.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Loneliness is having a huge emotional affect on dogs everywhere<\/strong>, with symptoms of depression taking their toll on our once optimistic four-legged friends. If you notice your dog lose their usual unquenchable hunger for food, become eerily quiet or show signs of aggression, chances are your animal is depressed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wrestling with what is often referred to as the \u201cblack dog\u201d in the human world is a difficult but very winnable fight<\/strong>. In case you\u2019re not familiar with the term, when we say black dog we’re not referring to that tough dog down the street, rather the ugly figure of depression<\/strong>. Thankfully there’s a few very easy ways to keep the black dog away from our dogs:<\/p>\n Preventing dog depression<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cats are at risk of depression too<\/strong><\/p>\n Dogs aren’t the only ones the black dog is fancying however, with cats also being hunted down by the menacing presence of depression. Signs are very similar to that of a dog but treatment methods should obviously differ<\/strong>; I don’t think a walk will cheer up any cat!<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Vets are getting increasingly worried about the number of depressed cats and dogs around the world, but with these simple steps hopefully we can promote happy cats and dogs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With one in four dogs left alone for more than five hours a day, can we really blame man’s best friend for questioning their own existence? No best friend, human or otherwise, should be left alone so long with vets stressing the need not to leave canines alone for more than four hours. Loneliness is … <\/p>\n\n
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