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How To Pick The Best Dog Collar (26 Feb 2007) How Do I Choose a Dog Collar? First off you need to watch your pet's behavior before deciding which style of dog collar to buy. The dog collar market has a whole multitude of dog collars available, from the normal to the very specialized. Bef...
Beware! Don't Pick The Wrong Dog Collar (25 Feb 2007) What King Of Dog Collar Should I Use? The dog collar market is swamped with conventional as well as more unusual types of dog collars. These serve a variety of functions and needs. As a pet lover and pooch owner, you should learn that different ...
All Dog Collars Are Not Created Equal (25 Feb 2007) What kind of Dog Collar Will Suit My Dog? Dog collars come in a variety of materials, colors, styles and even functions. There's the obedience or choke collar, bark control collars, flea collars, and a whole array of just good old plain pet coll...
Pick The Right Dog Collar (25 Feb 2007) How To Choose A dog Collar You need to look at your best friend's behavior before deciding which style of dog collar to buy. If you are taking your dog to a special event or to a special gathering and you want them to look really good try gettin...
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...
Dog Collars - What you Need to Know (24 Feb 2007) What Dog Collar Do I Need? Dog collars come in a variety of materials, colors, styles and even functions. There's the obedience or choke collar, bark control collars, flea collars, and a whole array of just good old plain pooch collars. So which...
What Do You Mean My Dog is Naked?? (24 Feb 2007) Your dog is not just a pet. Your dog is not just an animal. Your dog is a bona FIDO member of the family! So of course your dog needs to dress the part - right? Well thanks to the internet and the many online boutiques you can dress your dog for every ...
Dog Care: Top 10 Ways To Keep Your Dog Forever Young (23 Feb 2007) There is a large disparity between the life spans of dogs and humans. After having loved a pet and lost one, it seems unfair. The best we can do is to keep our friends as healthy as possible and "forever young." Here are My Top 10 Ways to Keep Your Dog ...
Caring For Your Senior Dog: Top 10 Tips To Help Your Arthritic Dog (23 Feb 2007) Dog arthritis is one of the most common diseases that affect canines, especially large breed dogs (60-90 lbs). Just as human arthritis, dog arthritis tends to get worse with age Here are 10 tips that may help your arthritic dog: 1. Slip-free Floorin...
Is Pet Insurance Right for You and Your Dog? (23 Feb 2007) Many dog owners today try to be frugal on their dog's medical care, Deciding if pet insurance is right for you and your dog can be difficult. Here is the question: can you afford an unexpected thousand dollars' expense? Or even more? If not, then y...
When You Are Ready For a New Pet (22 Feb 2007) When You Are Ready For a New Pet by TE Sutton Please consider adopting a shelter pet or providing a loving home for a homeless animal. I network with lots of other people who can help you find a pet and in some cases arrange their transpor...
Before you say Yes to that new puppy............. (22 Feb 2007) We understand. One day you are walking in the mall, and just happen to pass the pet store. Oh, why not just take a break from shopping and take a look at the cute little puppies. All puppies are so adorable when they are small. Who can resist those ey...
Dog Breeders: 5 Tips On How To Choose The Right One (22 Feb 2007) When shopping for dog breeders, it's important to remember that they're not all the same. Unfortunately, new and excited potential dog owners simply do not take time to learn information about dog breeders and end up purchasing a puppy from a backyard...
Dog Care - Obedience Training (21 Feb 2007) Dogs that simply just don't listen can be a handful. We all have encountered them at some point, whether it is our own dog or someone else's dog. The owners yelling at their dog, doing every thing they can just to get the dog to listen. When all we (th...
Make It Easier For Yourself - Train Your Cat To Use The Toilet (21 Feb 2007) Cleaning out a smelly litter box is not exactly the most appealing activity one can imagine. And the messy litter that sticks everywhere on the carpet, the room smelling like ... But have you ever thought of training your cat to use the toilet? Wouldn't i...
What You Must Know About Pyometra in Your Female Dog (21 Feb 2007) What You Must Know About Pyometra in your Dog There are some medical conditions in dogs, such as bloat, which strike fear in the heart of every dog owner. These problems require immediate action on your part in order to save your dog's life. What i...
How to Build a Chain Link Dog Kennel (20 Feb 2007) For those of us that already own dogs finding a place to keep them can be as easy as a fenced backyard. But what if the backyard doesn't have a fence or one day your wife and kids come home with a cute puppy but you have no place to keep the new family ...
Buying and Using an Electronic Dog Training Collar (20 Feb 2007) If you currently own a dog that seems a bit hard to train then you might be considering buying an electronic dog training collar. While the idea of using an electronic collar may be appealing it is important to understand that it is just another method of...
Be One with the Puppy (20 Feb 2007) While a full advocate of dog obedience training even at the young age of puppy, it needs to be said that like children, dogs are only a puppy for a very short period of time. Yes, it's a time for training and socialization and housebreaking and everythin...