Hi,
In this issue of Curating the Internet I was particularly taken with the article on dogs. Dogs have always been important to me, and I've lived with every sort...all of them adopted. Still, I was amazed at some of the findings in the article---fear of surfaces and heights!?

I think it would be helpful to know the home situations of the dogs in the survey. Do they have plenty of room to wander around? Are they exercised outdoors freely? Do they have companions?--another pet, for example.

I did a brief search and found one study that correlates a dog's stress level with the stress level of the human companion. I found another really cruel study (on beagles of course) that shows the stress-inducing effects of social and spatial restriction.

I know the article ends on this note...looking at environmental factors that might reduce stress, but I would have liked to read more about that here.

Once again, a very interesting article. It's got me thinking about dogs I've known and their (obviously) neurotic behavior.

Thank you!