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Pet Health Insurance
If your pet has been to the vet lately you are certainly aware that the cost of pet health care just like personal health care is rising. More and more pet owners are now considering pet health insurance to help off set the cost of caring for their dog or cat.
Good Food For Dogs
With so much of the readily available dog food that is not nutritious, what can a dog owner do to assure their pets are well nourished? Read more »
Twinkies for your dog
Is your dog a junk food junkie? Most of you will probably say “No”. After all, you feed your dog “premium” dog food right off the super market shelf, you are very careful about table scraps and only give your dog “treats for dogs”.
Guess what… Your dog is a junk food junkie. Read more »
Developmental Stages of Dogs
Dogs go through different phases in their march to adulthood just like people do. If you are aware of these periods, it will help you to manage your dogs development and survive the rough spots.
From the time you get your pup at around eight weeks of age until pup is about four months old, it will follow you every where you let it and listen to you very closely. This is a wonderful time to informally teach your puppy to “sit”, “stay”, “down” and “come”.
Between the ages of 12 to 16 weeks, your puppy will go through a fear period. Any bad experience your dog has at this time will be magnified many times over in its mind. Many of these fears, unless carefully worked with, can remain with your dog for the rest of its life. Another fear period occurs for many dogs between seven and eight months of age. Unless the experience is truly terrible, your dog will gradually figure out that maybe there is nothing to be afraid of after all. Read more »
