Loud, sudden, and entirely outside a dog’s control. Astraphobia, the technical term for a fear of thunder, ranks among the most commonly documented noise phobias in dogs. No way to predict the next ...

While academic research shows high-pitched sounds in general can negatively affect pets, no studies exist that determine if, or to what extent, smart plugs specifically cause such problems. A ...

Is your environment too noisy for your dog? It is generally agreed that dogs have better hearing than human beings, especially in the higher frequency ranges. It is also a proven fact that exposure to ...

Bark frequency and pitch are not random, they follow biological rules A 2010 study by Hungarian ethologist Péter Pongrácz, ...