Healthy sleep is not a luxury for pets. It’s a biological treatment window where tissues repair, immune defenses recalibrate, memories consolidate, and hormones rebalance. Understanding how sleep works in dogs and cats, and how to improve it, can meaningfully influence recovery, behavior, and lifespan. Dog and Cat Sleeping How Much Sleep Do Pets Need? Adult dogs:  12–14 hours per 24 hours (working and highly active dogs may need more) Puppies:  18–20 hours with frequent naps

Dog and Cat sitting together Epigenetics is the study of how environmental factors, such as diet, stress, and toxins, can switch genes “on” or “off” without altering DNA itself. Your pet’s genetic code sets the foundation, but epigenetic mechanisms determine how that code is read and expressed. Think of DNA as the blueprint, and epigenetics as the foreman deciding which parts of the plan to build. For pets, this means that daily nutrition and lifestyle choices can influence g