Alleviate Your Dog’s Thunderstorm Anxiety
Thunderstorms can be very nerve-wracking for dogs. The high winds and loud noises can be very upsetting. Here are some things that you can do to alleviate your dog’s fears.
Always make sure that your dog is inside if inclement weather is imminent. Do not leave dogs outdoors or in doghouses. If bad weather is forecasted for the day, do not risk it staying nice until you get back.
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Topic: Dog Care
What the Mature Dog Needs in His Diet to Stay Healthy
There is no hard and fast rule when a dog becomes a senior, but you will know it when you get there. She or he will get up slower, sleep deeper, tire more easily, and enjoy sitting with you more than running with you. As your dog ages, it is important to adjust your routines to suit the new stage of life the dog has entered; thus, do not insist that she or he continue to run alongside you on your daily marathon runs in the morning. If your dog still enjoys this, let her or him, if you can tell that she or he is running out of steam sooner than usual, it is time to rest or maybe go back.
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Topic: Dog Care, Dog Health
Choosing the Best Times to Flea Dip your Mutt
Nobody likes fleas. Fleas are pests. They spread disease and make everyone in your household uncomfortable. Here are some tips to help you choose the best times for dipping your dog.
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Topic: Dog Care, Dog Health
How to Teach Your Kids to Avoid Those Dog Teeth
No one likes to feel a dog’s teeth sinking into their skin and it is so important to teach your kids how to avoid getting bit. Realize that dogs don’t bite for any reason and they are usually provoked in some way to feel the need to defend themselves. Dogs most often bite out of a sense of fear. Most of the time dogs and children can live in harmony, however children sometimes do get bit by their dog or someone else’s dog.
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Topic: Dog Care
Bordetella Shots: What’s The Story on This Dog Vaccination?
Your vacation plans are all set and you have tickets to that once in a lifetime trip to Paris, France. Your luggage is packed, and your passport is up to date. The only fly in the ointment is the fact you’re your loyal canine companion will not be able to make this trip with you. He will need to remain behind, yet you do not want him to spend a whole week all by himself at home. After all, dogs are pack animals and loneliness can cause some serious depression in a dog. Yet none of your friends or family members is willing or able to take in your fluffy friend, and so you are contacting the local kennels to ask about having your dog boarded in your absence. No matter whom you speak to, everyone always asks if your canine friend’s Bordetella vaccine is up to date, and you are beginning to wonder just what it is that they are asking you.
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Topic: Dog Health
Curbing Car Sickness in your Dog
You are ready to go on vacation and you are all prepared. The luggage is loaded into the trunk, and the remainder is securely strapped to the roof of the car. You are taking your canine companion on the trip with you, and so you have packed his food, water dish, toys, treats, leash, and even a doggie sweater in case those nights get cold. You have popped a Dramamine to make sure that the time on the highway will not be marred by motion sickness, and you are ready to roll. A half an hour later you find yourself pulled over at a rest stop, attempting to placate a very unhappy little canine who just got sick all over the car seat and is decidedly not having a good time on this vacation at all. Is there anything you could do to curb car sickness in your dog?
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Topic: Dog Care, Dog Health