https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2016/anxiety-makes-dogs-go-gray/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2016/anxiety-makes-dogs-go-gray/#comment-55531 Tue, 27 Dec 2016 21:51:22 +0000 http://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/?p=2177#comment-55531 That’s an excellent point, Bridget. Thanks for bringing it up. I hadn’t thought about it from that angle. I had wondered how much of a role genetics play. Some of us (people, dogs, cats) are natural worriers and maybe that contributes? It can’t be 100% related to stress or anxiety. And it definitely needs further study before we draw strong conclusions.

]]> https://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/2016/anxiety-makes-dogs-go-gray/#comment-55500 Mon, 26 Dec 2016 18:32:18 +0000 http://www.karikells.com/Petsitter/?p=2177#comment-55500 Hmmm, I am no expert, but doesn’t that seem like entirely too small of a sample size to draw such sweeping conclusions from? While it may have some (or even a lot) of truth to it, I worry that it could cause some dog owners to feel shame about a greying pet – that they will feel the need to explain how they could allow their dog’s life to be so stressful. It is interesting though!

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