What I wouldn’t do if I were starting out…

It is often an all too familiar sight, a family sits down to a meal, and the family dog takes his place under the table. Man’s best friend may have become accustomed to being fed by one or another member of the family, receiving a morsel of this and a mouthful of that. However, there are a number of surprising reasons why this may not be a good way to care for your dog’s digestive needs.

This article is all about making sure your Labradoodle puppies get the most out of their lives. There are numerous things you can do to help them be happy and healthy.

Dogtra has done it again! The company known for its high quality dog training electronic collars, or simply e-collars, will surely make dog trainers jump in delight through the Dogtra 2300NCP Advance dog training collar. This is one of the latest additions to Dogtra’s wide array of dog training e-collars and equipment.

If you have made the decision to become a bichon owner, you have one final decision to make: will you adopt a bichon from an animal shelter/bichon rescue, or buy directly from a bichon breeder? In the end the choice is yours, but here we will look at the process of finding and buying from a breeder.

Chihuahuas can be particularly noisy dogs but if you’re a Chihuahua owner don’t fret because there are ways to deal with it. This article contains some great advice on how to stop your Chihuahua barking. I hope it’s helpful to you.

Barking is perfectly normal for a dog because it is the way dogs communicate. Daily training is the key to help barking dogs. Training also gives your dog a life and is the way for lifelong bonding. Your bonded dog is more aware and can alert you to danger by barking and perhaps save your life.

A trainable dog like an Australian Shepherd is an ideal herding dog since they are naturally obedient and also very smart. Born to be herders, Australian Shepherds have very quick defensive senses that also make them the perfect watch dogs.

Does your dog bark excessively? By this I mean that your pet doesn’t seem to know when to stop barking. First you must know that for dogs to bark is normal and natural.

Start training your puppy to walk on a leash as soon as you get him home. You don’t need a leash to begin… in fact, I recommend you simply teach him to follow you off leash.

Giardia in dogs is more common than you think. Do not use metronidazole to treat your dog for Giardia. Here’s why…

We get to meet a lot of pets, especially dogs. They seem to have a taste for some bizarre items. It may seem unlikely and certainly unappetizing, but objects like marbles, toys, and other plastic items are routinely removed from the stomachs of our pets. What is even more surprising is that our pets seem to recover without any lasting effects. Common items include sticks, clothes, cottons etc. So why do our pets seem to be so fascinated with these weird objects? Obviously items with the food scent on them might be mistakenly swallowed. Well, what about objects like marbles or coins? Well, no one really knows. Veterinarians do advise that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Tonight I have been working with an Italian greyhound that has a barking problem around other dogs as well as a deep fear of other dogs. It doesn’t matter where her owner takes her, she will see a dog and start barking and lunging, she has a very loud bark for such a small dog and she can go on for a long time. From the moment her owner brought her out of the car, she was in full cry, barking, pulling and stressing.