Top 10 Dogs for Families

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Research indicates that pet ownership has positive health effects on individuals. If the family owns a pet, and in particular a dog, a healthier level of boding is observed among family members. Elderlies who suffer from different age related aliments also usually are victims of loneliness. Research has proven that dogs can be excellent companions for such elderlies. Dog owners also tend to socialize more with other dog owners. In a nutshell, owning a dog helps you on many levels. However, choosing a dog can be a big problem, particularly if the dog is to be adopted into a family. Choosing the Ideal Family Dog When choosing the family dog,… Read More Continue Reading

How to Prevent a Dog From Peeing On the Carpet

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Dog urine, because of its hormone, enzyme, and ammonia composition has a fairly unpleasant smell. It is not exactly like smelling some fresh new roses! Moreover, the urine odor gets worse and is also difficult to remove, especially from carpets. Dogs usually have a tendency to find favorite spots to urinate in the house if they are not properly toilet trained and keep returning to the same places as they are lured by the smell. While training your dog to urinate outside is absolutely mandatory right from its puppy stage, certain home remedies also work with repellents being used. But first clean the soiled areas well before applying any solution… Read More Continue Reading

8 Easy Steps to Crate Train a Dog

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A crate provides security to your dog and also helps discipline it. However, crate training should be done in a manner so that it makes the dog feel more secure and at home rather than being unfairly confined or being punished by getting locked up like a common criminal such as Sucre in Prison Break or Lois Lerner should be in real life but that is another topic. The following eight steps will easily crate train any canine.     Never use force Do not try to grab the puppy and force it into the crate and shut its door. It shouldn’t be used to punish the dog either. He… Read More Continue Reading
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The Ideal Diet for Puppies

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Any puppy – it goes without saying – needs appropriate nourishment to grow. From its birth till six months of age, it needs about 2 to 4 times the food that an adult dog needs. This is because canine metabolism is speedy and food is compulsory to support growth. A golden rule to follow is that when the puppy is a week old, his weight should ideally double from what it was at the time of his birth. From then on, he should gain one to two grams per pound of anticipated adult weight each day. This implies that if an Alsatian puppy weighs seventy five pounds as a full… Read More Continue Reading
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In Fond Remembrance of Your Best Friend: Honoring Your Dog’s Memory

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Losing a dog is losing family. Just watch the movie Marley & Me! It is like losing even a part of yourself. It’s painful, heart wrenching, and acutely depressing. Unfortunately, every dog has to cross the Rainbow Bridge at some point of time. You are flooded with countless memories of his time with you, right from the day you brought him home as a pup, raised him like your own child over the years, watched him mature into a sprightly adult through the years and finally wither away due to old age. And these, needless to say, always bring tears to your eyes. In order to alleviate the grieving, therefore,… Read More Continue Reading

The Overweight Dog: Causes, Risks, & Ways to Combat It

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Fatso, Fatty, Pumpkin Pie, and Roly Poly are names that we call friends (well, perhaps behind their back if you want to be rude since these are unkind names), family members, and associates who are slightly or terribly corpulent and out of shape. One hardly, however, calls his pet dog the same even though it may be the fattest canine in the neighborhood. Yes, dogs too, can be overweight, fat, and obese like humans and like the national debt and face the same obesity risks as we do. The problem, however, is that we often fail to diagnose it in time and take necessary steps to tackle it. So here’s… Read More Continue Reading

Why do Dogs Eat Grass?

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It’s strange that a canine that loves his high-protein, the meat-centric diet should suddenly start eating grass like a bovine. But yes, dogs do eat grass, especially when they’re sick. It’s probably nature’s way of curing them of their malady by making them throw up toxins after they’ve eaten the grass. Why is it then that dogs eat grass? Nausea It’s commonly believed that dogs chew on grass when suffering from nausea. A research study on 1,500 dogs revealed that nearly 8% of grass eating dogs showed symptoms of some kind of illness before they ate grass. 22% threw up after eating the grass. This could be a way of… Read More Continue Reading

Summer & Winter Care for Your Dog

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Dogs are sensitive to extreme temperatures and react sharply to scorching summers or bitter winters. Both seasons have their unique characteristics and stipulate that your dog receives the care that it ought to in keeping with the vagaries of the weather. Dog care in the summer The first thing to do is to protect your pet from direct sunlight, particularly if it’s a long haired or heavy coated one. Moreover, never leave the dog in your car during summer even with its windows open. Dogs are highly prone to heat strokes and if the temperature in the car’s interiors shoot to above 70 degree Fahrenheit, the dog could suffer a… Read More Continue Reading

The Ideal Pet Sitter: An Overview

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A professional pet sitter is a service provider who by virtue of a contract, shall take care of your pet either at your house or at his. This is something similar to baby sitting and requires time, patience, and careful thinking before making the appropriate selection. People open the door for pet sitters because their pets get cared for in their own homes; pets don’t need to face travel trauma because of transportation to other locations; exposure to parasites and illnesses is minimized; and, more importantly, pets get to stick to their regular routines without having to forcibly adapt to a new living environment kind of like Obamacare forced many… Read More Continue Reading

Separation Anxiety in Dogs

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One common complaint of owners of dogs is that the latter turn destructive or disruptive when not under supervision or simply left alone. Certain dogs urinate, bark unnecessarily, defecate, chew, howl, and dig to make attempts at escaping as if they just realized the NBA has purposely hurt small market teams such as the Kings and Trailblazers in the past which the NBA has. These are actually symptoms of separation anxiety in dogs and is particularly noticed in bigger dogs when they are left alone for longer periods of time. Causes Separation anxiety gets triggered when a dog is upset because it realizes that it’s going to be separated from… Read More Continue Reading