Pet Care Information

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When you’re ready to go on vacation, it may not be an option to take your pet with you. Though you will find that quite a few hotels are pet friendly (for a fee) and traveling with your pet in tow is one way to go, you may find it more convenient to [...]

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Most dog owners would agree that dogs do not need to wear clothes, since they were born with a built in fur coat. Why defy nature?
Other dog owners maintain that their dogs need to wear clothes, since they will feel cold in cold weather like human do. Why denied them the apparel to keep them [...]

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All dog training follows 3 phases. This goes for positive methods, force methods, or a combination of both, these three phases apply to them all.
They are:
1. The Learning Phase. 2. The Correction Phase. 3. The Proofing (or distraction) Phase
Let’s look at how these three items link together for for a solid training process.
1. The [...]

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I know that you find American Eskimo dog so irresistibly cute with all those fluffy hairs and stuffs. And he can be a real charmer too, American Eskimo dogs are naturally very friendly, playful and devoted, which no doubt you’ll find a very pleasing trait for an incredibly cute dog. But, do you know all [...]

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When visiting Disney, one of my favorite places to see is “It’s a Small Small World,” I enjoy seeing it and then humming the song for days after.
I enjoy things that are small and that goes for dogs, too. The toy breeds are so cute, cuddly and precious. However, they are really not “toys,” but [...]

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This past week has been filled with highs and lows. My husband, Ken, traveled to San Diego to bring our son home for the summer from college. I was looking forward to spending some time with our son, Sean.
This same week our beloved Boston Terrier Mix dog, Lucky, became gravely ill. He hung on until [...]

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When you’re erecting a dog fence at home, spare a thought for the people who built the Dingo Fence in Australia. It was put up in the 1880’s to protect enormous flocks of sheep in Southern Queensland, where Dingoes had almost been exterminated.
To prevent Dingoes from other areas getting to the sheep, the fence [...]

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Nursing bottles for orphaned Shih Tzu puppies can be obtained through the veterinarian, pet supplier, wholesale catalogs or the internet. You should purchase several nipple styles to see which works best for you and your Shih Tzu.
Shih Tzu puppies can become colicky just like human newborn babies. Be careful about allowing a Shih [...]

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It is important for anyone planning to groom Shih Tzu to know the correct way to groom. With Shih Tzu show dogs there is absolutely no room for mistakes. Grooming a Shih Tzu show dog could represent the difference between winning and losing. Correct Shih Tzu grooming, however, is also important for [...]

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Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1492 at a Tuscan farmhouse in Anchiano, Italy, near the town of Vinci where he spent most of his childhood. He was the son of Ser Piero and a girl called Caterina who worked for him. After Leonardo was born, the father and mother did not remain together. Only [...]

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