I have this dog, Fern, and every day I think of how lucky my family is that she is in our lives. She isn’t purebred, has no special history, and is really just your plain, run of the mill mutt dog, but to us, she is a treasured part of the family and my heart melts every time she looks at me with those soulful brown eyes.
With recalls and health concerns abounding in the pet food and supplement industry, more and more people are looking to alternative methods to care for their animals. Natural supplements and cures make us feel safer, because they are not full of chemicals and unknown ingredients. For that reason, choosing an herbal wormer for your dogs can be a safe, healthy alternative to the standard chemical treatment.
When it comes to dogs toys there seems to be so many options to choose from. However, which ones work best for which type of dog?
I watched a silly cartoon the other day where the dad ate his kids’ homework. I started thinking about that age old excuse about the dog eating homework, and I wondered where it came from. After researching for more time than I care to admit, the answer is still hidden somewhere in the murky depths of history.
Ever wonder how your pup can run across the snowy tundra of your backyard in winter without feeling the freeze in her paws? Sure, there are dog booties that help keep your buddy's feet away from the elements in the colder months, but those are more to prevent ice-melting salt from stinging your dog's paw pads than they are for actually keeping her toes warm. Canines, even the most domesticated ones, just don't seem to have a problem with winter temperatures. They can go barefoot all year round. Japanese scientists just recently examined exactly what kind of cold-battling technology they've got going on in there.
When you visit a city park, you will often see a plethora of signs that tell you to keep your dogs on a leash at all times. That’s if they allow dogs at all, which an increasing number of parks are prohibiting. So to me, at least, the idea of a dozen dogs running free and happy in a dog park seems like the dog equivalent of pure heaven, which is why I think all cities should have a dog park.
About five years ago, we bought a pet door insert for our sliding glass door. At the time, it was the greatest idea because it gave our beloved pooches the freedom to roam and took care of the concerns about leaving them for long stretches during the day. Now, all these years later, we took the pet door out and I couldn’t be happier. While it had its advantages, it had many disadvantages too.