Hi there.We’d like to announce a few changes here at the GOOD blog, ones that shouldn’t really make any difference in your reading pleasure except to make your experience here a little more vibrant and enjoyable. And who doesn’t want that?Very few people probably remember, but I started writing on this blog nearly three years ago, before the first issue of GOOD even existed. Here is that first post, from so many years ago. Since then, our blog (indeed, our entire website) has expanded well beyond anything we could have imagined back in those early days. We’ve always considered this blog the daily voice of GOOD, and as contributors have come and gone, we’ve maintained an editorial voice of speaking for our company. And while that will still exist to some extent, we’re now going to let our bloggers off the leash, and let them develop more individual voices. It’s the same people you’ve been hearing from, only now they will have to worry slightly less about embarrassing GOOD with their ramblings. So, without further ado, here is who you’ll be hearing from.Patrick James, author of such posts as this one on California’s Proposition 8 and this one on fake McCain ads. Patrick will be covering the pathos of modern man, the triumph of the human spirit and cool web vids of skateboarding.Andrew Price, who recently blogged from the Pop!Tech conference, will be posting on politics, smart solutions to the world’s problems, and the happy instances where the two overlap. He’ll also post on art for its own sake sometimes.Our newest addition, Nikhil Swaminathan, (check out his piece on the silver lining to the financial crisis), will be blogging about current events, science and health, and what Parag Khanna would call “exports from Bollystan,” such as Fareed Zakaria, Bobby Jindal, etc.And finally, me (though perhaps a little more sporadically) writing mostly about things I find hypocritical or annoying, things I find that speak kindly to humanity’s better angels, and maybe some silly videos. Welcome to the new blog order. We hope everyone enjoys it.Note: All bloggers reserve the right to post on topics well outside the content areas prescribed above.
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“A week or two ago, my wife got some sort of stomach bug,” the Reddit user wrote under the subreddit /r/dogs. “She was really nauseous and ill for about a week. Otis is very in tune with her emotions (we once got in a fight and she was upset, I swear he was staring daggers at me lol) and during this time didn’t even want to leave her to go on walks. We thought it was adorable!”
His wife soon felt better, butthe dog’s behavior didn’t change.
Otis knew before they did. Canva Girlfriendhatesmefor began to fear that Otis’ behavior may be an early sign of an aggression issue or an indication that the dog was hurt or sick.
So he threw a question out to fellow Reddit users: “Has anyone else’s dog suddenly developed attachment/aggression issues? Any and all advice appreciated, even if it’s that we’re being paranoid!”
The most popular response to his thread was by ZZBC.
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The potential news hit Girlfriendhatesmefor like a ton of bricks. A few days later, Girlfriendhatesmefor posted an update and ZZBC was right!
“The wifey is pregnant!” the father-to-be wrote. “Otis is still being overprotective but it all makes sense now! Thanks for all the advice and kind words! Sorry for the delayed reply, I didn’t check back until just now!”
Redditors responded with similar experiences.
Anecdotal I know but I swear my dog knew I was pregnant before I was. He was super clingy (more than normal) and was always resting his head on my belly.
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So why do dogs get overprotective when someone is pregnant?
Jeff Werber, PhD, president and chief veterinarian of the Century Veterinary Group in Los Angeles, told Health.com that “dogs can also smell the hormonal changes going on in a woman’s body at that time.” He added the dog may “not understand that this new scent of your skin and breath is caused by a developing baby, but they will know that something is different with you—which might cause them to be more curious or attentive.”
The big lesson here is to listen to your pets and to ask questions when their behavior abruptly changes. They may be trying to tell you something, and the news may be life-changing.
This article originally appeared last year.
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