Now that summer is in full swing, many dogs are experiencing dry skin and excessive itchiness. I know that my dog, “Forbes,” certainly has been! Of course, the first thing you’ll want to rule out is fleas. But barring fleas, I’ve found that the best way to alleviate itching is to:Splash approximately 2 Tablespoons of either vegetable oil or canola oil in your dog’s food.The additional...

This is the story of my dog called Shandy. He was my favourite pet and he was very lively, lots of fun and very obedient. His main passion in life was to be taken for a long walk, culminating with a big run out in his favourite park.I would try to take him on this walk everyday, weather permitting. The park itself was about three miles away from our house. To reach the park we had to cross a number of busy roads,...

I moved into a new house about 14 days ago. The funny thing about this house is that–when you walk into the master bathroom, the light switch is on the left side, opposite of where the sink is. Well, practically every other house I’ve ever lived in has always had the light switch on the right side–or at least on the same side as the sink. And I’ll be a monkey’s uncle if EVERY SINGLE...

Read up on rabbit breeds before you choose the best rabbit for you and your family. Rabbits are popular pets. Children especially find them adorable. Of course, our culture sees rabbits as both pets and as food. Rabbits are raised for their meat and wild rabbits are hunted for sport. But despite the pet or prey paradox rabbits are always popular pet choices. They are naturally seen as cute, and are aloof, almost...

Fangs. Killer claws. Hisses, grrrs…and later, yelps. Who is not familiar with cat-dog combats? It’s a “hair-raising” party of limbs and tails and yes, the loser sheds most of the fur- mostly, the cat.It was night time and I was in the living room reading a tear-jerker when I heard a throaty, prolonged and wavering wail. Instantly I dropped the book and rushed to the door with one thought...

How important is a dog name? Well let’s think about this.How often do you call your dog? Who will hear your dog’s name? Will you be writing to anyone about this dog?Now that you think about the times you’ll use the name, maybe you should put some thought into what that dog name is.I mean, if you have a Great Dane who weighs 120 lbs, you might not want to call him something like Baby or Tiny....

When you take into account that there are over 68,000,000 dogs in the United States alone, you can see why many people consider taking advantage of a dog day care franchise.However, before you even think about a dog day care franchise, please do a self evaluation and make sure you are doing it for the right reasons.A dog day care franchise is a tremendous responsibility. It requires a lot of time, a lot of effort,...

With the help of MSN, recently Ive been reminiscing about the Google of old. Remember those days? When you could take a good quality site, add a few keywords, get a few incoming links and bada-bing, bada-boom, itd be #1 on Google? Remember the old days, pre-Florida, pre-sandbox? The days when we, as search engine optimization specialists, didnt feel like a private schoolgirl smoking in the bathroom? When we...

If you love dogs and you enjoy making money then a dog day care business may be a very good fit for you!Let me ask you a question, “Can you imagine starting your very own dog day care business?” If you asked yourself that question and still aren’t sure, let me give you a bit of dog day care business advice….First, make sure that you truly love dogs. Second, study your area and see if...

No one knows when the concept of using assistance animals for the blind first came into being. It is suggested that dogs have been used in such a capacity in various cultures for a very long time. It is known, however, that there was no formal guide dog program in existence until after the First World War.Why German Shepherds?Many people have probably wondered why guide dogs and Seeing Eye dogs are so often...