No matter what breed of dog you are looking for, there is a wealth of information available. The one resource for information I would completely avoid are the newsgroups, forums and message boards that discuss a specific breed. My personal experience with this type of shared information has been extremely [...]
Your pet’s dental care is important; it is an integral part of your pet’s health. According to a noted veterinary hospital, just as you brush your teeth every day and have them professionally cleaned by your dentist, your animals need the same or similar treatment. A common indication of dental [...]
There is nothing as frightening as having your dog accidentally come into contact with some type of poisonous substance. As with humans or any animal, dogs may eat poisonous items, inhale poisonous gases or vapors or get poisons on their skin or hair. Like humans, there are general emergencies procedures [...]
Every dog needs a little bit of training and disciplining. Training should start on the very first day when you bring your Chihuahua home. This will definitely make all training sessions easier for you and the Chihuahua. Chihuahua training is important especially since this breed can be pretty ferocious. So, [...]
Recently, there has been a lot of news about unsafe and toxic commercial dog foods. Unfortunately, this problem isn’t really ‘news’. It seems that incidents like this occur periodically. Perhaps this is one reason more and more people are opting to ‘home cook’ for their pets. In order to properly [...]
If you want to purchase a pedigree puppy, there will be no shortage of contact information available to you on the internet, in dog magazines, local newspapers and in a host of other places. However, no matter how good the advertisement looks or how professional the website appears there is [...]
It can be one of the most stressful situations that you can go through, whenever your pet is lost. All of us love our pets and want to provide the best environment for them. Many of them, however, like to get out and run and they do this on any [...]
If there’s a magical wand that totally eradicates dog health problems, surely every dog owner would kill to get themselves a piece of this thing to keep dogs healthy. However, since this is reality and magic is just a product of our fantasies, you have to deal with common dog [...]
Dog’s chew; this is what they do. Just like a baby or a child, it’s their way of exploring the world. Chewing is actually a good thing when it’s on a rawhide bone, a carrot or another appropriate toy. It can aid tremendously in reduction of tarter build-up plus disperse [...]
Immanuel Kant very wisely once said, “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals”. However, your affection for animals or pets may not necessarily qualify you to be the best judge of how to handle them. Even experts go wrong sometimes – case in point, [...]