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Dog Training- Show Your Puppy or Dog Who is the Boss

Dog training is an important area for the well being of your dog and yourself. The first thing that you have to decide is to what level you wish your dog to be trained. There are several thoughts around dog training but the best thing to do is to have a pet that is good within your life and is a sociable dog around other pets and people. All dogs need to know where they fit into your world. With this in mind the dog has to know that you are in command. Puppies need to learn good manners too. It can be easy to spoil a puppy, which then becomes a very difficult adult dog.

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Stop Dog Aggression: Solutions to Aggressive Dog Behavior

Seeing that your dog has aggressive dog behavior is usually not a good thing. This is because eventually, your dog can think that he can boss you around. Your dog can also have the tendency of hurting other people and other pets, which is why you need to find ways to stop dog aggression early.

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No More Spills

Many new puppy owners invest in wee wee puppy pads to use during puppy housebreaking and puppy crate training. These absorbent pads allow puppies an indoor place to wee, and protect carpets and furniture. However, if the puppy pads are not absorbent enough to hold all the urine, an even bigger mess can occur when the pads are picked up for disposal.

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Dog Crates And Accessories

Dog crates are an important part of responsible dog ownership. They give your canine companion a nice safe place to call his own. These crates also give your dog a place where he can be if you need to secure him for any reason. Dog crates not only come in fixed and folding styles, but also have many accessories that can be added. Let’s take a closer look at some of the different options.

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Car Travel With Cats

It is sometimes necessary to travel with your cat. This may be necessitated by scenarios such as when you will be gone for many days and there is no one in the house, when taking trips to the vet, or when you are relocating. Traveling with a cat is more complicated than most people think, but there are several tips that will ease car travel with cats.

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Procedures for Baby Ferrets

Baby ferrets, also known as kits, need more attention and care than full-grown ferrets. How they are treated early on can drastically change the quality and length of their lives. There is a list of procedures you should consider, some of them you’d be crazy to ignore.

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Yorkshire Terrier Training Commands to Master

Yorkshire Terrier Training is extremely important as well as teaching them a number of basic commands. This is imperative due to their temperament and sometimes stubborn nature. Here are five basic dog training commands that most dogs should be able to respond to:

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Traveling with Yorkshire Terriers

Yorkshire Terriers are compact little dogs that make for fantastic traveling companions. Although they are now bred mostly for companion pets and are classified by the AKC (American Kennel Club) as a Toy Breed, the Yorkshire Terrier does have its roots in the Terrier Group. Originally this dog was designed to find and destroy mice, rats, moles, voles and other pests in and around the home. Truly they do have a natural instinct for these things, but over the last one to two hundred years, the breed was made smaller and their coat was made longer creating a true beauty of a lap dog.

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Emery Cat – 3 Helpful Tips To Know

Emery Cat has already been on the market place for some time now with many mixed opinions. Quite a few feel that it is the most excellent thing on the market place for kittens and cats that they have noticed in a long time. Others mention this cat board is simply another ploy to get people funds. I thought this was a must have for my cat so, hesitant, I bought one.

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Bluetick Coonhound Dog Breed Profile

Description: The Bluetick Coonhound is a medium-sized dog that shows a greater size difference between the sexes than most dogs display. The dog will be 22 to 27 inches at the withers, with the bitch 2 inches less. However, while the weight of the dog can reach 80 pounds, the bitch will only attain 65 pounds. The coat is short and is an interesting color consisting of a background of mottled grey and bluish ticking with larger spots of black or dark blue on the head and body. There are sometimes tan spots above the eyes. This dog is often used for night hunting as its eyesight is very good. The Bluetick Coonhound can be expected to live for 10 to 12 years. It is also known just as Bluetick.

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Pet Disease and Vaccination Guide

Many serious pet diseases can be prevented by vaccination.Even if always kept indoors, your pet can be exposed to viruses carried in the air, dust, or on clothing. Vaccination at a veterinarian clinic is inexpensive protection for your pet against serious disease, costly treatment, and premature death. Remember also that booster immunizations are necessary to continue protection.
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In this article we will be focusing on dogs and cats. Please note that when the word “contagious” is used below, it usually means spreading from cat to cat, from dog to dog, or between dogs and cats. However, a couple of diseases can be spread from animal to human, and these type of diseases are called “zoonoses.” The majority of animal diseases pose no threat to or cause only minor inconvenience and sickness in humans, and can be easily treated by your doctor. In fact, many pet owners have probably had zoonotic illnesses without even noticing the symptoms.

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Guinea Pig Health

Guinea pigs are prey animals with survival instincts to hide illness or pain so guinea pig health problems and diseases are usually not apparent until their advanced stages.

Cages/Feet

Cavies (guinea pigs) do better in cages with solid floors. Wire mesh floors can injure their feet and even cause foot infections such as bumblefoot. This is one of those guinea pig diseases which is easy to prevent. Just get cages for your pet with solid floors.

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Health Problems of Welsh Corgis

While Welsh Corgis are great family pets, unfortunately they come with their fair share of health problems.

Particular care is needed to keep these dogs in shape and avoid over feeding them. Due to their short legs and long body they tend to gain weight easily which can pose a problem with their joints in the future. One good way to keep them in shape is swimming, as it doesn’t put pressure on their back or joints.

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Dog Food

Thousands upon thousands of dogs are diagnosed with Struvite Crystals each year. Of those dogs, there is a substantial number that survive their treatment. However, it is rare for an owner to consider modifying their diet in order to improve their dog’s health. By making the necessary modifications to your dog’s diet you can decrease the risk of your dog having another painful bout with Struvite Crystals. A great place to start is by talking to your veterinarian about the options available for your dog with the Hills Prescription Diet line of dog food.

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Pet Odors and Stains

Everyone that owns a pet knows what it is like to have an odor or a stain caused by their pet. You could find yourself faced with this problem with absolutely any type of pet that you may have, whether it is a dog, cat, hamster, etc. I would like to share a solution to these types of problems that actually works, takes care of both problems at once, and is safe to have around your pets as well as yourself.

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Ferret Buyers Guide

Ferrets make the ultimate pets. You’ve probably seen them playing around in the pet store or there was that guy walking around with one at the beach catching the attention of all cute girls. You already have a name in mind, what color you want and where you’re going to house him in your place. Whatever the case, you know you want one but don’t know where to start. When you make the decision to buy a ferret, you’re opening yourself to a new world. So hold on, take it easy and read on.

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How To Avoid Ferret Disease

On occasion, ferrets do develop a disease. There are a few diseases that seem to plague ferrets but most can be avoided by following a structured diet for your ferret that is compromised of quality ferret foods. A healthy lifestyle can also speak volumes when it comes to keeping your ferret healthy and free from ferret disease.

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Dog Obedience Training

MAKE THE PUPS KNOW WHO’S IN CHARGE

They can ruin everything from your bags to your clothes, your bed sheets to your curtains.

HUNTING THE RIGHT HOUND

Their individual skills, original purposes and temperaments are almost as varied as their origins. Some of the oldest breeds of domestic dogs are the speedy sight hounds. For best results, choose from known kid-friendly breeds such as Golden or Labrador retriever, boxer, beagle, West Highland white terriers or Shetland sheepdogs. The Akita (Japan), the Komondor (Hungary), the Portuguese water dog, the Newfoundland, the Saint Bernard (Switzerland), the Alaskan Malamute, the Bernese Mountain dog (Switzerland) and many more make this group a veritable United Nations of dogs. These same traits often lead to some of these animals being recruited into service positions, either as helper dogs for the disabled or as bomb and drug sniffers for law enforcement agencies. Working Dog Breeds. If you can’t decide between a shepherd, a setter or a poodle, get them all adopt a mutt. Today the slow, prodding bloodhound is usually used by law enforcement to track renegades or missing persons. That’s part of the fun. But despite what those who breed and sell crossbreeds might try to tell you, these are not, nor will they likely ever be, recognized as purebred dogs. It was created in 1983. The millions of mixed-breed dogs around the world are a testament to that. The dachshund, a hound in origin, might seem to be out of place in this group, as its background as a digger accustomed to chasing foxes and badgers underground would more logically make it a terrier. Kid-Friendly Dog Breeds. Sometimes produced randomly, but most often planned by breeders, crossbreeds result from the mating or crossing of two dogs with a different but identifiable lineage.

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