Does Your Dog Dig?
Dear Fellow Dog Lover,I assume you love your dog, or you probably wouldn't be reading this.
But, looking at your "battle-field" of a yard filled with holes sometimes makes it tough to love your dog like you want to.
"Sit Up" Buddy: Training Your Dog To Sit Like You
The trick of "sitting up" is easily taught to small dogs, but should try not be included in a big dog's education, as it is difficult for them to preserve their balance.The training of sitting up is one of the first tricks to teach and forms the groundwork for many other dog tricks.
5 Tips For Feeding A Happy, Healthy Dog
Do you really know all there is to know about your canine companion's nutritional needs? Many pet owners think they're doing what's best for their dogs when it comes to food, but in reality they rely on pure instinct more than science. Nutrition isn't a guessing game, even when it comes to your pooch.
Thanksgiving and the Hairy Family Member! Helping your dog survive the family get togethers!
Families often get together and see one another only during the Holidays. This can create a very stressful scene to a dog in a normally quiet home. It is important to think and plan ahead to help ensure your dogs comfort and security during this Holiday Season.
My Dog Died !
Pets provide an unconditional love that requires very little on the part of the human.Animals are so special to those of us who love them.
A Dog Bit Me, Whom Can I Sue?
Any person, whether a minor or adult, having been bitten or knocked down by an animal improperly or inadequately leashed or contained can sue for injuries or death caused by a bite or knock-down. You can sue the person who has or was responsible for the animal.
Dog Treats: Benefits For Your Pet
There are several specialized brands of top level dog food whose main purpose is in emphasizing nutritional value for the animal. Even carefully chosen ingredients in home made dog food (http://healthierdogs.com/dog_food/more-on-sojos-home-made-style-dog-food/) will not compare to products from "Flint River Ranch". Remember, that most companion animals are overfed, and often given treats beyond that. What they need is not filler, but nutrition.
Why Use a Citronella Dog Collar
The citronella dog training collar is to promote habits in your pet that you want and get rid of the unwanted behavior. You can use the citronella dog collar to keep the pet from running away or stop annoying barking and even keep the dog in a certain area of the house or yard. You can use the anti barking collar on puppies and when it is used with a buried fence, the citronella dog collar will emit a spray if the dog or puppy gets close to the buried fence line. The citronella dog training beeper collar is felt as being a more humane way of training pets when compared to the older shock collars that have been used.
How A Dog Helps You Lose Weight
If you are one of those people that find it hard to motivate yourself to exercise like you should, enlist the help of your furry four legged friend, your dog.
Are You Allergic to your Dog? Some Ideas to Help you Out
Do you have allergies that you cant seem to control? Do you sneeze and cough and feel as though someone stuck two roles of toilet paper in your nostrils or even the other way around where your nose just wont stop running? If you're like millions of people just like me you have a problem with allergies, and to make that matter even worse you own a pet. There is almost nothing like this situation and if you dont like taking prescription meds for the rest of your life I am here to give you some suggestions as to what you can do to lessen or even overcome this problem.
Get Your Dog Safely Through a Storm
Thunder storms affected pets differently. Some hardly notice them, others get extremely worked up.
Taking Care of a Small Dog Tips And Suggestions
If you're taking care of a small dog, the basics are much the same care as we would dogs of larger sizes, basics such as food, water, shelter and good deal of love. But it's easier to prepare their meals since smaller portions are required and their smaller body size makes bathing and grooming easier, and the mess to clean up is smaller as well.
Dog Food: A Conspiracy Beyond Its League
Last decade, I would not have to think twice before buying my dog?s favorite dog biscuits or dog food But these days, there seems to be conspiracies involving even dog food
A Scared Dog -- Giving Your Dog Great Confidence
In the previous article, we discussed two different reasons why a dog would try to sleep in its owner?s bed consistently and without fail This is a tough problem to deal with because you have to be observant about your pet and his needs
The Chihuahua Fanatics Club Founders, Irate Over Dog Food Poisoning Scandal, Take Matters into Their Own Hands
The founders of The Chihuahua Fanatics Club, an online community for people who care about Chihuahuas, are so upset over the latest episode in the dog food poisoning scandal, that they have begun a crusade to inform Chihuahua care givers everywhere of the dangers of feeding commercial dog food to their pets. They are also committed to providing in-depth nutritional guidelines and a collection of whole food recipes that meet the nutritional needs of the whole family, dogs and humans alike, at a low cost and a minimum of fuss.
Carl Icahn, the hostile takeover master who was THE original corporate raider, is often quoted as saying, "In this business, if you want a friend, get a dog!" The rest of us already knew that dog was man's best friend, and with good reason. Dogs as pets date back at least as far as the days of Pompeii, where the remains of a dog stretched out next to a little boy were recovered from the rubble at Pompeii.
We all know that dogs are cute, warm, and cuddly, requiring little more than food, water, shelter and affection to return unwavering devotion. Dogs have earned their rightful place as a family member. In fact, what family portrait is complete without the family canine?
Dogs earned their place of prominence years ago among their blind and deaf owners and in local, state, federal and international law enforcement. Hint: be sure to rid your coat pockets of doggie biscuits the next time you travel, unless you want to be attacked by a drug and bomb-sniffing dog.
A quick glance through the amazing true stories ripped from the headlines below demonstrates that dogs may never fall from their pedestal as man's best friend! While it's true that we must do for dogs what they cannot do for themselves, have a look at the things that dogs have done for us that we could not or did not want to do for ourselves.
Dogs CAN smell cancer
On September 24, 2004, the Associated Press reported that the first scientific experiment to prove what has long been suspected—that dogs can smell cancer—was successful. A dog's sense of smell is far superior to that of a human's: 10,000 to 100,000 times better. The results of the study appeared in the British Medical Journal. The study proved that dogs could indeed smell cancer. What remains to be determined is whether dogs can effectively communicate the presence of cancer. What's most promising is that dogs may well be able to detect the presence of cancer before high-tech medical testing.
Dogs help seniors live longer
In 1999, a study reported in the Journal of American Geriatrics concluded what many have known intuitively and anecdotally for a long time: seniors with pets live longer and fuller lives both physically and mentally. Once again, science proves common sense. Dogs require walking. Active seniors with pets have lower blood pressure, visit their doctors less frequently, require hospitalization less frequently and when they are hospitalized, the duration is shorter. Assisted living facilities and nursing homes have moved almost en masse to allowing visiting pets or housing a resident pet for their residents. The Delta Pet Partner certifies pets to visit nursing homes and hospice facilities. If you have an elderly parent, consider giving the gift of life, a companion dog.
Hostage miniature dog escapes and eludes captors
In 1992, a teeny tiny 11-year-old Pomeranian was reportedly stolen from its home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The following January, a father/daughter team in Corpus Christie, Texas, saw a van chasing the little dog. The driver abandoned the van and began chasing the dog on foot, but could never catch the dog. Finally, the dog's captor fled the scene, abandoning the dog, an animal perhaps 1/20th the size of its captor. The daughter chased the dog, and the dog willingly jumped in her arms. Since the dog wore tags, the father/daughter team returned the dog to its owners.
What's next? Courier dogs?
Actually, that's old news! In 2001, it was reported that a then five-year-old golden retriever named J.C. delivered its owners' prescriptions from the pharmacy. The pharmacy was located in the same strip mall as the owners' shop in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, and J.C. always accompanied the owners to the pharmacy. The dog began carrying the prescriptions back from these outings. J.C.'s not just any old dog. It was reported that he took instruction well, and when instructed, he ran down to the pharmacy and returned with prescriptions in tow.
Since the beginning of their relationship with humans, dogs have fended for their owners, rescuing them from all sorts of perilous situations. Won't you consider rescuing a dog from the loneliness of life without an owner?
M J Plaster is a successful author who provides information on shopping online for dog supplies, dog toys, and more. M J Plaster has been a commercial freelance writer for almost two decades, most recently specializing in home and garden, the low-carb lifestyle, investing, and anything that defines la dolce vita.