"For the record, Wally had a TON of medical issues throughout his life and this vet was SO awesome," the dog owner said.

The owners opted for an Embark DNA test for their senior dog, which led them to find a 59 percent genetic match.

I knew losing my dog would be hard. I didn't know it would be that hard—or that understanding why would take this long.

Losing a pet can be one of the most awful things to happen to a human, but according to an area psychotherapist, grief is ...

Grieving your dog involves complex and challenging emotions. You loved your dog unconditionally, and you feel that ...

A New Jersey family searching for a missing dog after a sudden death gets an emotional reunion thanks to social media and ...

New research reveals that pet owners experience grief similarly, no matter how their dog dies, and veterinarians may need to ...

Losing a beloved furry family member is the hardest part of being a pet owner. Inevitably, man’s best friend doesn’t live as ...

EVERETT — The death of a pet is hard for people. It can be just as hard when pets lose their people. What’s up with that? Shel Graves is an animal chaplain for all beings. “Absolutely, animals do feel ...

In an earlier blog post, I staged a debate between an advocate claiming that nonhuman animals have emotions and a skeptic arguing that there are simpler explanations of animal behavior. I did not ...

Over the past couple of years I've written about various aspects of the rich and complex emotional lives of animals, including essays on grief and mourning. I began one of those essays by writing, ...