Archive for August, 2008
Finding Fido
Picture the scene: you go out for a nice day with the family. Everyone has fun and when the day is over you come back, only to find the back gate wasn’t completely latched. You go into your backyard and find your beloved pet, Fido, is gone. What do you do? How do you get your best friend back?
Losing a pet is a scary experience. You don’t know what has happened to your friend, or even where to start looking. It can be a daunting time, but if you keep your head and follow a few simple steps, you’ll be closer to finding your pet.
Toilet Training for Dogs - Tips from Animal Behaviorists
Generally, dogs are very clean animals - they won’t soil close to where they eat, or where they sleep. But living in a house is unnatural for an animal whose instincts would be to roam wherever she wants to go, so you will have to help her learn where and when she can relieve herself.
It is essential that you form good toilet habits for your dog as early on as possible. Trying to break the habit of a dog is quite difficult and it can be very frustrating. You need to use guidance and encouragement to help the pet. Animal behaviorists have some helpful tips that you can use to help with the housebreaking of your pet.
American Eskimo
If you’re looking for a loving, relatively low maintenance dog, you have found him. The American Eskimo is a charming loving companion. Contrary to popular belief, they are easier to maintain then most dogs. In fact, they are known to actually clean their faces like cats! Their coat also repels dirt and they have no odor. This beautiful affectionate dog is also known to be excellent around kids, is extremely intelligent and has a very willing spirit.
Keeping Your Cat Healthy
Cats need only be provided with decent shelter, food and water and they will be quite healthy most of the time. Like any other living thing, however, they can get sick and can come down with anything from a minor cold to a major ailment.
As a responsible pet owner, you want to make sure you feed your cat premium cat food so he can be his healthiest and also watch your cat closely for signs of sickness so that you can get him to a vet right away. Hopefully most ailments will be minor, but in some cases getting your cat expedient veterinary help can be the difference between life and death.
How To Use Horse Training Thinking To Solve Dang Near Any Problem With A Horse
Horse training can be a relatively mysterious subject to people who have not studied it. Even more mysterious is a behavioral problem a horse has that causes his owner stress and frustration.
What many horse owners don’t understand is often the handler, not the horse, is causing the problem.
That being said, that is the first consideration in unscrambling the horse’s ill behavior.
For instance, a common problem riders have is a horse being spooky. In layman’s terms, that means a horse is nervous and afraid something is going to “get him”. Thus, whenever the horse and owner go for a ride it’s not usually a relaxing moment.
Dog Aggression: Children and Their Pets
It’s terrifying how common tales are of dogs savaging young children. You might think that it’s just Pit Bulls or certain breeds that do this kind of thing but it’s common across all breeds. Children have the uncanny ability to make dogs angry without intending.
Most families will luckily never have to deal with anything remotely as traumatic but if you own a dog and have children; or have children visiting often - then you too must take some responsibility for their actions and behavior.
You want to prepare your children by teaching them a few simple rules about playing with the dog.
Your Child Brought Home A Dog
Although growing up you were fortunate to have a pet friend, its loss did make you suffer greatly and you decided not to risk exposing your kids to the same experience of them having to cope one day with the loss of their animal friend. But, life always finds a way to surprise you when you least expect it and one evening your son or daughter might enter the house accompanied by a stray dog. You will probably think that this is a very bad idea, but your son’s eyes will beg you to reconsider and allow his new friend to stay “Please, just for a few days; until we find someone who wants to adopt it.” Now you know how that story will go. The days will pass and your new visitor will still be in your house, messing around with your shoes and licking his plate all the way from the kitchen floor to the living-room carpet creating a mess. But when he will put his head on your lap for you to touch it on the head, you will catch yourself smiling and thinking that this is not a bad idea after all. Well, it is certainly not.
Proper Pet Diets
Dogs and cats eat very differently from us, and it’s essential to their health to have a balanced diet. This is a great way to provide them with disease prevention. In picking the proper foods, it’s important to remember that dogs and cats are carnivores. If you need proof, just look at those sharp teeth made for tearing meat.
Dogs, for example, have intestines designed to process raw meat. Neither dogs nor cats were ever meant to eat grains and vegetables, much less processed grains. They are carnivores and so they lack the enzymes as well as the anatomy to handle an omnivorous diet. A dog’s intestine is much shorter than ours and is highly acidic. Raw meat that would normally make a human sick goes in and out of a dog and provides the necessary protein and fat.
Here is How to Get Perfect Attention From Your Dog
Have you ever seen top obedience competition dogs on television,
and wonder how they get such amazing attention from their dogs?
Here’s how to do it:
First, figure out what motivates your dog. Usually it’s either
food or a toy.
Next, put your dog in the sit stay position. He should know how to sit and stay until you give him the release command. If your
dog doesn’t already know how to do this, take a look at my dog training book and videos at http://www.dogproblems.com/newvideos.htm
Use the phrase, “Watch me,” and bring the food (or toy) down from
your chin area, to the dog’s mouth.
Dogs and Children - What Parents Need to Know to Prevent Dog Bites
Dogs and children are a perfect fit. They are what fond memories are made of and part of a joyful childhood. But sometimes tragedy does strike. What should you do to prevent an accidental attack?
The first caution for parents is to NEVER leave very young children (pre-school age - under six) left unattended with a dog. If you trust your dog then you likely do not believe that the dog will suddenly choose to attack. However, the dog is not much different than a small child itself. If a dog is unintentionally harmed or feels threatened it may bite in self-defense, just as small children may push or scratch another child when they feel threatened. Do not subject your dog or child to possible harm by leaving them alone to play. Your dog is not an adult. Always supervise dogs and children and you will be preventing a problem from occurring.
