Pet Care Information

As long you provide a well balanced and healthy diet for your pet, it is rare that your cat would need additional vitamins. Your cat’s nutritional needs can be easily obtained from good quality lean meat and a small percentage of plant based fiber and therefore it is unlikely that you would even need to [...]

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Ok so you have made the big decision to purchase a dog. Whether the decision was yours alone, or that of your kid’s, you being the voice of reason must determine the appropriate breed of dog that will be part of your family for the years to follow. Think of it as a trip to [...]

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I used to bring my dog to the local off-leash park at least once a week. There was a girl with a chocolate lab puppy named Jeter. Now, I’m all for unusual dog names and naming your dog after somebody you really like… but she must have felt REALLY stupid screaming “JETER!” across [...]

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One of the biggest concerns of a person before adopting a pet is the hassle associated with training the pet. Training can be a tough job and requires a lot of dedication, love and patience on the part of the trainer. The trainer also needs to keep in mind that here it is going to [...]

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One of the most identifiable and beautiful traits of the Yorkshire Terrier breed is its long flowing silky coat. While this luxurious coat is what makes Yorkies so attractive to many dog lovers looking for the perfect family pet, it can also be a hassle to care for. But with proper grooming and attention, you [...]

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A new dog is a new addition to your family. The moment you decide to bring one home, you must be a hundred percent sure that you are ready to take on the responsibility owning a dog entails. There are a lot of factors involved in choosing a dog, one of which is [...]

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“Why is my parrot biting me?”
This is a question asked every day by parrot owners who thought they would never own a bird that bites.
Once you have been bit, it is hard to return comfortably to the biter. At least that’s what most people say. It does take a positive mind set and [...]

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The perfect parrot diet is being disputed for a good amount of years now, without any clear answer in foresight, as to what it could contain. The dispute revolves around the use of either natural food similar to that a parrot would eat in the wild or “formulated diets” or pellets containing all the nutritional [...]

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Bird houses are a growing avocation of late. This is becoming ever more apparent in the yards of many people, particularly on the West Coast of the United States. It goes without saying that these little shelters for the numerous aviary species have always been popular in the Midwest, and yet this area too, is [...]

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There are three basic types of dog trainers. I learned about these three types by reading about a dog trainer named Ed Frawley. He’s got a book call “Philosophy on Dog Training”. After reading his book, I started watching other people interact with their dog.
I was once a musher and in the [...]

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