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Tips to Choose the Right Dog Breed

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Having a dog as a pet is a big decision of your life. When you adopt a pet it becomes close to your family and someway part of it. You need to choose the right breed of dog for you house as it has to fulfil your purpose. There are many different types of dog breeds with different types of characteristics. Each will have something unique about them. So it can be confusing when you pay visit to a pet shop and try to choose the right dog breed. You need to consider a list of options and give it a proper thought before having the dog. So here are useful tips for you to choose the right dog breed: read more

Training Your Dog: Quick & Easy Tips

By nature, your dog has a habit of obeying your commands. However, there are some quick commands you can teach your dog. These are important commands which your dog should follow, it is for the safety of your pet. It is not an easy task to train your pet to follow commands, but is very important to control their behavior. If you are facing difficulties training your dog to follow your basic commands, you can have a look at following tips which will definitely help you. Training your dog can be fun and exciting, here are some basic commands you can train your dog to follow: read more

How to house train your pup

Well, you finally made it!

You got yourself the long desired puppy. There’s no doubt about it, she is the most adorable thing you have ever seen in your life. The playfulness and the clumsiness alone are reason enough to melt even the toughest hearts.

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However, there are some things you should know and prepare for. One of them is related to the “toilet issue” as I like to call it. The thing is that for the first few weeks of their lives puppies do not have control of their bladder or of their sphincter. In other words, when they need to go, they just do it, because it is impossible for them to hold anything in. this is why you should never get frustrated with your puppy, even if the learning process seems to last longer than expected. read more

Simple dog training tricks

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If your puppy has already reached the age of six weeks, then it’s high time you start training it. If you don’t plan on making a show dog out of her, then the training process shouldn’t be anything fancy and you most definitely can do it yourself.

Training your dog is crucial, not necessarily because of all the new things she is going to learn, but because during training you have the perfect chance to gain her respect. An owner who doesn’t have the respect of his dog doesn’t actually own the dog, because the latter has already assumed the position of the alpha. He does what he wants when he wants to with a complete and utter disregard of what you tell her. read more

How to house train your pup

So in our last article we gave you a few pointers on how to house train your puppy. We explained some general things about her toilet habits, but there is a lot more to training a pup than simply teaching her not to pee on your expensive carpets.

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You definitely need to teach the puppy some manners now when she is young because otherwise it will be much harder for you as she gets older. We all know just how happy dogs can get when their owners come back from work. They start barking as they feel you jiggling your keys and as you enter the house they start jumping up and down or start running in circles. They would literally do anything in order to get your attention. read more

Cats Signs You Need to Learn About

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As a cat owner you need to understand their language. It seems difficult to understand the sign of an animal. But if you observe closely you might know what they are trying to say. You may have wondered a lot of times what actually goes through their mind, do they actually love you? There are many different ways for cat to express their feeling toward their owners. Some of those are easy to understand but others you need to observe really carefully. So here are some signs which can explain the true feeling of your dear pet. read more

Cleaning up advice after Pets

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Unpleasant as it may be, once in a while we have to deal with cleaning out home. For those who happen to be living alone this may not be such a chore, but since not all of us can afford that luxury, cleaning up can often turn into a very nerve wracking task. When you think of the fact that you also have to clean up other people’s mess, now that’s a real bummer. So here are some tips and tricks that will hopefully make things easier for you.

Burnt pans: So there’s really no need to convince anyone that you are in fact NOT a world class chef. You only need to show them your pans and they will surely believe you. What happened? Did that new TV show got you hooked and you completely forgot about what was going on in the kitchen? Did you cook for the dog and it turned out bad !? Or is this your roommate’s doing? read more

Big dogs, small apartments

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Let’s be honest, dog lovers have it rough in the city. There are so many downsides to owning a dog that it’s really a hard thing to handle. Living in a crowded area automatically means that you are forced to live in a small apartment. Finding a place to live that also allows pets is an incredibly hard thing to do. Finding a landlord who is okay with dogs is almost impossible. Almost!

So you’ve managed to find a great place and a great landlord that lets you keep a dog, so now you are doing the research, to make up your mind exactly what breed to get for your tiny place. The obvious answer is a small breed, of course. But if you are anything like me then you can definitely agree that owning a small dog is no different to owning a cat, and cats are no fun at all. read more

Cats vs. dogs

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We all know the perpetual war between cat and dog owners or, better said between cat and dog persons. The world seems to be divided between these two categories, and there rarely seems to be an in between. Well, as a person who has owned both cats and dogs I believe that I am more than qualified to settle this argument once and for all.

The important thing to know is that both cats and dogs are amazing pets. They both have some clear upsides. To begin with, the great thing about cats is that they are incredibly independent. This should be understood in the most literal way possible. Cats do not depend on you and the sooner you get this, the better your relationship will be. They don’t necessarily need your attention, they don’t need you to walk them and, at some extent, if we are talking about cats that are also allowed to go outside, they don’t even depend on you when it comes to food. This is the main reason why cats are perfect for people with a busy schedule, who don’t have time to deal with all the drama of the walking and petting. For instance, I even had to go away for a couple of days and couldn’t find a sitter for my dear cat, so I just had to leave it home. I left it with a reasonable supply of food and water and two days later when I came back, she didn’t even seem to notice that I was gone. Of course that at first I was a bit offended, but I soon realized that this is just how cats work. read more