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Aug 09

9

Five Ingredients For A Better Life With Your Dog – From Fetch to Food to Frontline Flea Medicine

By Murray Swayne
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by Murray Swayne

From quality time and exercise, to proper grooming, medical assistance and proper treatments, like Frontline flea drugs, dogs have certain wishes that you, as the owner will have to look after. Make the best of your relationship with your pet by committing the time and money he requires to make sure he lives a long and active life.

Have a look at the big picture of what makes a dog content, and work out tiny things you can do on a regular basis to make certain the standard of his life is high and stays high throughout his years as a part of your family. Take control. Dogs have easy needs you can meet with a little time and planning.

1. Good coaching / Communication - Dogs are social animals and they desire leadership and structure within the pack or family. Ensure you know the way to communicate with your dog to show him that you're the leader of the pack. He should willingly do what you are saying every time. If not, it's time to comb up with a dog coaching manual or dog training video which will train YOU to train your pet.

2. Good Food / nourishment - As we learned some years ago with the dog food shocks and deaths, we need to keep an eye on our dog's nourishment. Tragically and surprisingly, my Aunt Patty lost her poodle Jazzbox to poisoning from tainted dog food. While it may not be practical for everybody to make their dog's food every day, it definitely is understandable to find a brand of food you can feel comfortable feeding your dog. Talk to your vet about ingredients and nourishment standards from the brands you are considering.

3. Love and friendship - Dogs are not play things that are content to be ignored like a bicycle in the garage or a Monopoly game in the closet - only to be taken out at your convenience. Dogs desire and need your attention. Attempt to plan your day so that you may have some time to spend with your dog before and after work. If the dog must be alone all day while the family is gone, look at another animal companion or a pet sitter / dog walker to look in on your pet and break up the monotony.

4. Tons of Exercise - Different breeds of dogs have varying levels of exercise wishes. However, I'm going to go out on a limb and say most breeds of dogs need a ton more exercise than they are getting on a regular basis. A rigorous exercise program can help curb behavior issues within the house and make your dog ( and you ) more fit. If you cannot muster the energy to entirely exercise your dog with a 5-mile run every day, look into toys and games that may supply a physical and mental challenge. A game of fetch, a play-date with another pal's dog, a swim at a beach or lake - all these can be effective forms of exercise. There are a number of wonderful dog hobbies, like agility competitions, which can supply exercise, quality time, and psychological challenge - what a great combination!

5. General health care - even though it's never any fun for us to consider going to the doctor, it's important to take our dog to the vet on a regular basis. The vet will confirm your pet is completely vaccinated, and check his teeth, coat, feet, eyes and ears to make certain he continues to be in good health. Nowadays, many vets also recommend a routine course of flea and tick treatment with a product like Frontline flea medicine. Dogs benefit from flea and tick sprays like Frontline flea drugs, canine Advantix or Advantage for dogs, because these products reduce and eliminate uncomfortable itching due to parasite infestations. Furthermore, keeping fleas and ticks off your dog can help stop the dissemination of these insects to you and your other pets and relations, as well as slow the spread of contagious and dangerous sicknesses like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

If you can't do a coaching session with your dog every day, or run him round the block, it isn't the end of the planet. However, it is vital not to hop out on applications of Frontline flea medication, or whatever product you are using. Most such flea and tick sprays have to be applied monthly and will not be effective if you skip months

Our lives are made of habits, and if we have pets, our habits should include making the time to meet their needs on a consistent basis. Recognizing your pet and meeting his physical and emotional needs does not have to be hard. It should be a satisfying part of pet ownership... In fact , isn't taking the opportunity to do plenty of these activities one of the reasons you got a dog in the 1st place?

I regard myself as a writer, dog lover, and owner of http://www.Gifts-For-Dog-Lovers.com, a site with lots of great ideas for coaching your dog and looking after her health.

About the Author:
Part of having fun with your dog is knowing that he is comfortable and flea-free. You can use Frontline For Pets or Canine Advantix to quickly irradicate all adult fleas and ticks.

Aug 09

7

St. Bernard: The Large Rescue Dog Of The Snowy Alps

By Troy Richardson
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by Troy Richardson

The St. Bernard is a well-known large dog breed around the world because of its valiant ways and adorably massive frame. This breed has been the search and rescue dog of the Swiss Alps for many centuries and many heroic stories can prove to this dog's long search and rescue history. Today, however, more than a rescue dog in the Alps, this dog is very popular among families as a dependable and loyal pet.

This breed is said to have come from the massive ancient Molossoid dog breeds and Sennenhunds, a herding and hunting breed of the Swiss. Today's appearance of the St. Bernard however is not exactly of the classic St. Bernard because there came a point when this breed almost vanished because avalanches swallowed many of the dogs. With the use of the Newfoundland breed the St. Bernard was saved from extinction.

The name of this dog was given by travelers who sought refuge at the hospice at St. Bernard Pass, a treacherous pass in the Western Alps. The travelers saw these massive dogs that were used on many rescue operations and so to identify them, they called them St. Bernards. The breed's and the pass' name was of an 11th century monk named Bernard Menthon who is also the founder of the hospice.

Before being called St. Bernard, this dog was known as Saint Dog, Noble Steed, Alpenmastiff and Barry dog. Additionally, a St. Bernard named Barry became very famous when he rescued 40 to 100 people from certain death. Because of this, he was founded a monument at the Cimetiere des Chiens and his body was preserved and displayed at the National History Museum at Berne.

The St. Bernard is a heavy and gigantic breed of dog that weighs as much as 160 to 260 pounds and stands 27 1/2 to 35 1/2 inches at the withers. The tail of this dog is usually long, heavy and low set but turns up slightly. The eyes are innately tight lid and the face and ears are usually shaded in black.

The coat of the St. Bernard can be smooth, close to the body and flat. It can also be rough, flat and dense especially around the neck and legs. Common coat colors for this breed are red with white or mahogany brindle with white.

As a house pet, the St. Bernard is reliable, hardworking and eager to please. It is also understanding and patient with children and if it is properly socialized when small, it can be tolerant with smaller animals too during adulthood. This breed is also not so hard to train because it is intelligent and obedient.

The St. Bernard is not rough nor excessively active but actually very gentle and affable. It is not very active indoors and so an urban type of dwelling would suffice him. To keep his mental and physical health fit, daily walks should be done for this dog.

About the Author:
Troy Richardson is a prime breeder of Saint Bernard dog breed. Come and visit his website and read articles such as Saint Bernard puppies, Saint Bernards for sale, Barry and more.

Aug 09

6

All Dog Breeds Are Made Equal?

By Daniel Varena
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by Daniel Varena

Dogs are surprisingly complex creatures.

In the Western world over 800 different breeds are registered. While some breeds are very distinct from others, some do look more alike. The variety is enormous, especially if you compare it to the 'human breeds'.

The first domesticated dog dates back some ten thousand years and that's a short period from an evolutionary point of view. The ancestor of the dog is the wolf. It not surprising therefore that our dogs today, despite their differences, still have some traits in common. Next I'd like to discuss a few of them.

Predatory behavior:

Of course this doesn't mean that your dog will hunt down every animal that passes by, but it is very much part of their instinct. They have very well developed ears and they can hear much better than humans. They are very good at distinguishing a wide array of sounds and can locate it very accurately.

A dog's field of vision is wider than that of humans. Their field of view has been estimated from 180 to 270 degrees, by comparison humans see from 100 to 150 degrees, allowing dogs to oversee the hunting grounds better.

And last, but not least a dog can pick up scent extremely well. They have a much better developed nose what permits them to smell scents a 100 million times less concentrated than what human beings can smell.

For instance, Golden Retrievers are able to smell a gopher in the winter through a yard thick layer of snow and earth. Once picked up the smell of the gopher they'll try to dig a hole in order to capture the animal. That's typical behavior of a predator.

The second trait I want to discuss today is their social character.

We all know that dogs are social animals, because that is the reason why we have them in the first place, but sadly, in practice, owners don't always take that in to account. Many times ignorant owners will leave the dog alone for periods up to 10 hours, isolating the dog too much. Dogs need social interaction with other animals and human beings. If not they can develop anxiety or can get aggressive. In order to stay mentally healthy your dog needs company.

Isolation your dog for short periods of time can be beneficial when training your dog. The fear of exclusion can be very effective for correcting bad behavior like biting. You should only exclude the dog for like 5 minutes. Never more.

But too much time without social contact with other animals and people leads to mental distortions. Even guard dogs need social contact, because how can they distinguish between a friend or a foe if he doesn't even know who are his friends?

About the Author:
Author Daniel Varena helps people to train their dog and on his website razas de perros you can read a lot more articles. You can also get all sort of tools to help you with dog training in his shop tienda animales

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