{"id":2897,"date":"2022-01-15T13:53:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T13:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carevetdev.kinsta.cloud\/hoschton\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2022-07-06T13:53:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T13:53:58","slug":"fidos-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carevet.com\/hoschton\/blog\/2022\/01\/15\/fidos-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Fido\u2019s Year In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-content\">\n<div style=\"transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out 0s;\" data-rss-type=\"text\">\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Hope you\u2019re having a happy new year so far! Over the next few weeks, there\u2019ll be lots of best-of lists for 2021. And of course, no annual review would be complete without Man\u2019s Best Friend! Here, a vet lists some top doggy highlights of 2021.&nbsp; <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> The Name Game <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> 2021\u2019s analysis of popular pet names saw Covid-related dog names, such as Zoom, Fauci, and Pfizer becoming quite popular. High-tech names, such as Google and Siri, are also on the rise.&nbsp; <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Stress <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Does anyone hate background noise? Well, your dog does too! Common household noises, such as microwaves beeping, were found to be a source of stress for Fido by researchers at the University of California. The most upsetting were high frequency sounds, like smoke alarms. (We\u2019re with you on that one, buddy.) <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Fido Got A Stick Library <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Lots of wagging tails were happening in New Zealand this year. A man named Andrew Taylor noticed a dire lack of sticks in his area, so he chopped some branches off his own trees to make a stick library for the local pups. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> If The Slipper Fits <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> A perfect example of how cute senior dogs are is a Yorkie named Digger. After the pup\u2019s owner passed away, he was taken to a shelter \u2026 along with an old slipper he just wouldn\u2019t give up. The pooch and the slipper were adopted together.&nbsp; <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Fido Lost Whamageddon \u2026 On Purpose <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Britain-based researchers did a very serious survey of 1000 pups. What was the goal? Identifying Fido\u2019s favorite holiday tune. Wham\u2019s love-it-or-hate-it hit Last Christmas turned out to be the winner. Second and third place went to Jingle Bells and Mariah Carey\u2019s All I Want For Christmas Is You.&nbsp; <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> A Very Good Boy <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Each year, we come across some remarkable stories about dogs going above and beyond to help their humans, sometimes saving their lives. That\u2019s definitely the case with Henry, an 8-year- old Boston Terrier living in Connecticut. This very good boy alerted his owners to their infant daughter, who was having trouble breathing. Henry\u2019s credited with saving the baby\u2019s life.&nbsp; <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> Mystery Solved <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> This year, one interesting discovery shed some light on the genetics behind dogs\u2019 coat patterns. A gene responsible for very pale coats was discovered to be over two million years old. It was traced back to a relative of the modern wolf and one of Fido\u2019s now -extinct ancestors.&nbsp; <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"display: initial;\"> We hope you have a wonderful new year. Please contact us anytime! <br \/> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope you\u2019re having a happy new year so far! Over the next few weeks, there\u2019ll be lots of best-of lists for 2021. 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