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Arthritis, or osteoarthritis, or degenerative joint disease, is a condition in which the smooth cartilage that covers and protects the ends of your dog’s bones begins to wear away. When this happens it leaves the bones exposed and, on the ends of joints where the bones meet, they begin to rub against each other. This makes the condition very painful and causes inflammation. The condition often worsens as your dog gets older.

It is possible for dogs to faint or collapse due to an abnormality in relation to their heart function. This article discusses the possibilities.

Dog agility is the fastest growing dog sport in North America. There are already several national organizations which offer competitions for all dogs and the AKC has recently welcomed mixed breed dogs to their agility trials, too. With such a rapidly growing sport there are many people who are getting involved in agility for the first time with their dogs. Here’s some information about what you need to get started if you’re interested in teaching dog agility.

If you browse through a pet store or look online at pet suppliers you’ll find that there’s an enormous variety of chew toys available for dogs. You may feel like throwing up your hands and giving up! Which ones should you get for your dog? How should you decide what chew toys your dog would like?

If you have a dog who loves to dig in your yard then you may need a dog digging pit. So what is a dog digging pit? It’s like giving your dog his own personal sand box to play in. The great thing about a dog digging pit is that once your dog has one he’s much less likely to dig in other places in your yard.

Lots of us would be very happy if we could simply teach our dogs a few simple obedience commands: to sit, stand, lie down, sit-stay, come when called and to walk on a leash without pulling. A dog who can do those things when asked is usually considered to be well-trained. But some people need to do more than the usual training with their dogs. They use hand signals in dog training.

House training your puppy is one of the most important things you will teach him. There are several different ways you can go about teaching your puppy his house training. Some owners are interested in teaching their puppy to use a litter box. Is this possible? Absolutely!

There is some controversy, especially in Europe, over docking dogs’ tails. Some people feel that it is unnecessary or even cruel to dock a dog’s tail. They think that tails are docked for purely cosmetic reasons and that the practice should be stopped. However, the tails of dogs of some breeds have been docked for centuries for non-cosmetic reasons. Here’s why.

We may not be able to ask our dogs if they dream but all of the scientific data points to the fact that yes, indeed, dogs do dream. According to researchers, dogs have the same kind of sleep patterns that humans have. That is, they have SWS, or Slow Wave Sleep, the first stage of sleep.

It’s estimated that around 40 percent of the dogs in the United States are overweight or obese. Most of those dogs are overweight simply because their owners are feeding them too much food and the dogs don’t get enough exercise.

Diabetes is the most common hormonal problem for dogs. There are an increasing number of dogs in the U.S. with diabetes, perhaps because of the growing number of overweight and obese dogs. If you have a dog with diabetes you need to be very strict about what you feed your dog. However, your dog can still have some dog treats, as long as you take his diabetic condition into consideration.

Some people automatically consider a dog an adult when he turns a year old. However, this is actually a tricky question. Many dogs take longer than a year to mature.