Source: Illustrated by Kalos Chan, image owned by Ben Sedley Have you ever felt worried? And someone said, “Don’t worry about it”? Did that help? Have you ever felt sad? And someone said, “Cheer up”?

As a professional dog trainer, the short answer is yes, our canine companions absolutely experience emotional states that resemble sadness, loss and disappointment. They sense these emotions through ...

Did you ever have the feeling that you were sad and needed a good cry, but you couldn’t get the tears out? I certainly have. Sadness is a natural adaptive response to loss. Losses like death, breakups ...