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Young woman with brown hair, sitting on her sofa with a medical mask as a precaution against the spread of virus, along with her dog of breed Beagle.

Managing Mask Phobia in Dogs

If your dog is fearful of face masks, don’t despair. Behavior modification can help your dog accept the unacceptable masks.
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How to Stop Attention-Seeking Behavior

A board-certified veterinary behaviorist shares how to get your dog to stop barking, pawing, stealing or otherwise acting up to get your attention during the pandemic.
A dog barking while a woman sits working on a laptop in the background.

How to Stop Territorial Barking

A veterinary behaviorist shares how to get your dog to stop barking at passersby—and providing an unwanted soundtrack to your Zoom meetings—during the pandemic.
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New Stay-At-Home Norm Could Impact Pet Anxiety

It's not just humans who are having their schedules disrupted due to widespread stay-at-home orders. Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Stephanie Borns-Weil, V07, talked to Shari Small at WBZ NewsRadio about how the new norm is affecting our pets