Monthly Archives: July 2010
Will My Dog Stress Over Our New Baby?
Will My Dog Stress Over Our New Baby? Do you have a dog and are now going to have a baby in your home? Whether you are an expectant parent or a grandmother who has a dog and will be watching a young grandchild in the home soon; adding a baby to a home with … Continue reading
Understand Your Dog’s Senses – Smell
A dog’s sense of smell is awesome. Based on studies and research, a dog’s sense of smell appears to be about 1,000 to 10,000,000 times more sensitive than a human. The wide disparity is due to the dog’s breed. When a dog smells something, they are absorbing information about the owner of the smell. They … Continue reading
Understand Your Dog’s Senses – Sight
The dog cannot speak to us in a language we can understand. Sometimes, we can decipher what they are trying to communicate through their eyes. Their eyes reflect some expressions and augmented with whimpers or growls and body movements, provide us with an idea of what they want to tell us. The dog’s sense of … Continue reading
Understand Your Dog’s Senses – Hearing
The sense of hearing may be considered as the second most powerful sense of a dog, albeit smell being the first. A dog has a very good sense of hearing and is far better than humans. They can hear about 4 times the range of humans and they can hear frequencies twice that of humans. … Continue reading
What Dog Breed is Right For Your Family?
What Dog Breed is Right For Your Family? You probably have realized that not all dogs are created equal, right? There are small, large, noisy, cute, hairy, protective, social, quiet, and everything in between type of dog. Most breeds though have certain common traits or characteristics that one can generally count on when trying to … Continue reading
Using Positive Reinforcement With Your Dog
Using Positive Reinforcement With Your Dog You have understood why positive reinforcement is the best dog-training tool to use for you dog and now you would like to know exactly how to use this tool. You are in luck, because this article will give you the basics of how to use positive reinforcement as well … Continue reading
Dog Grooming Tips
When it comes to proper grooming of dogs there are several ways for it. You can make your dog look and feel better by giving more attention to the grooming part of pet care. If you can actually clean your dog in a better way then your dog feels more confident, great and also comfortable. … Continue reading
Teaching Your Dog To Do Tricks
Do you think that teaching your dog to do tricks is very tough? No, it could be really easy if you actually understand your dog better and could spend more time and attention on it. So it is completely not that difficult to teach your pet any task. All of us tend to love seeing … Continue reading
Protecting Your Dog By Teaching Basic Commands
Most of us would agree that a well trained dog is a better pet. It simply makes your life more enjoyable to have a dog that listens to your commands and obeys them. It is also very cute to see a furry friend that ‘shakes hands’ or pretends to be shot. And watching dogs run … Continue reading
Understand Unique Dog Behaviors
Understand Unique Dog Behaviors You love your dog but have noticed some very unique behaviors that are definitely dog behaviors and not human at all. These unique dog behaviors may even seem revolting to you. Some typical unique dog behaviors include garbage raiding, eating grass, and if you have a cat your dog may participate … Continue reading