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Housbreaking an Older Dog (03 Mar 2006) Housebreaking an older dog is not an impossible task. Although it is generally easier to housebreak a puppy, any dog can be housebroken given the proper techniques. First, before you begin, you must ...
House Traing Your Dog (25 Nov 2007) If you have pets you probably have had house training issues. House training your dog is probably the first thing you want to accomplish. House training a dog will take patience for you and your dog. House training is very important, a well house trained ...
House Training A Dog – The Simple Way (15 Jun 2006) The puppy is new and oh so cute. You cuddle with it every day and love to chase it around the yard or play tug of war with the stuffed animal that, in a year will probably be missing most of its limbs. However, all is not fun and games in the house with.......
Housebreaking a Puppy Made Easy (07 Mar 2007) Housebreaking a puppy is probably the number one reason people don't enter into dog ownership. There is no doubt that this is the hardest part of owning a puppy, but if the process is started immediately and taken seriously your puppy will be trained i...
Housebreaking an Older Dog (18 Apr 2006) Housebreaking an older dog is not an impossible task. Although it is generally easier to housebreak a puppy, any dog can be housebroken given the proper techniques. First, before you begin, you must know how a dog thinks. I would say that a dog thinks 80%.......
Households with Pets: Bringing Home Baby (29 Apr 2007) Bringing a new baby into a home with pets can be a challenge, especially when the pets are accustomed to being the center of attention. Much like a human child, a dog or cat can become jealous of a new addition to the family and try to compete for your af...
Housetrain a Puppy In a Week (01 Apr 2007) There are many people who mistakenly think that puppies are just little dogs. Nothing could be farther from the truth however. Puppies should be considered more like babies than dogs given that they have not matured enough in size and internal bodily fun...
How Can I Stop My Dog From Shedding? (23 May 2006) Shedding, unfortunately for pet owners, is a natural cycle in every pet's life. No wondrous cure exists, contrary to what some product manufacturers would like us to believe. They offer tonics for the pet's coat, tools that claim to remove all of the loo.......
How Can I Stop My Dog's Excessive Barking? (16 Apr 2006) Is your dog's barking getting out of control? Does the barking get worse when you leave your home? Are your neighbors at their wit's end? Are you contemplating getting rid of your dog? Bark collars c...
How Can you Tell if Your Cat Really is a Maine Coon? (24 Sep 2006) The Maine Coon cat has been called "the king of the domestic cat world". The breed is visually stunning with its beautiful long ruff, bushy "raccoon like" tail and large tufty paws. The Maine Coon is...
How Do I choose A Dog Collar? (24 Feb 2007) The dog collar market is swamped with conventional as well as more unusual types of canine collars. These serve a variety of functions and needs. As a pet lover and pet owner, you should learn that different kinds of dogs need different types of dog col...
How Do I Puppy Proof My Home? (10 Jul 2007) If there's one lesson that I've learned well as a dog owner, it's this: Before bringing that new puppy home, you want to puppy proof your home. Here's how you can do just that. Identify and remove any toxic plants that could effect your puppy M...
How Do You Know If Your Cat Is Urinating or Marking Its Territory? (29 Mar 2007) Urinating at places are usually made by cats who want to mark its territory, the sign of a confident cat. However, insecure cats make marks by urinating too, and it's a type of communication between felines. Urine-marking causes vary; sometimes it is to...
How dogs will pick out their own dog bed (08 Apr 2007) Your dogs will let you know what dog beds that they like better. My husband bought our dog Blue our Healer a Round Dog Bed because whenever she was outside taking a nap she would curl into a little ball. He thought that this would be the best kind becau...
How Exactly Does Training a Cat Work? (26 Jul 2007) When it comes to our pets, it would be fantastic if we could train them how to do exactly what we want them to do. Training is only usually associated with dogs, but the fact is that all animals can be trained in some way and cats are certainly no excepti...
How Long Will My Cat Live? (19 Oct 2006) The answer to that depends upon several factors. The care that you give your cat, the quality of the food that your cat eats the kind of lifestyle that your cat lives. All these things play their pa...
How My Dog Trained Me! (20 Jul 2006) I've recently participated in a new refresher course in dog training. This wasn't really on my agenda but a few circumstances developed that lead me down this path of re-education. It all started when my wife came home one Saturday afternoon and mentioned.......
How NOT to Groom Your Dog (26 Jun 2006) We have a wonderful gentle natured dog that I adopted about 8 years ago. Unfortunately she was a bit neglected and was very timid when I brought her home. She had previously belonged to someone who lived nearby and I had spent the last few months making.......
How Owning A Dog Can Improve Your Health (09 Jul 2006) Have you ever had the pleasure of having a dog as a pet? Are you aware of the many health benefits that owning a dog can bring? I am a bit biased I suppose because I have always loved having a dog around the house, but I find it hard to understand why mor.......
How Peanut became a good dog (16 May 2006) Sit Stay Fetch Customer Review I had a problem. An 8 year old son with a fatal attraction to an unruly 4 month old pup. Only two solutions came to mind. Break my sons heart, or train the dog. I voted for train the dog. Ha Ha. The laugh was on me. .......
