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Dog owners with experience in carpentry may want to try their hand at building a dog home from scratch. Building a personalized dog home for a dog will ensure the house is the right size and style for the dog. It is also usually more affordable to build a home from scratch than it is to purchase a readymade one. There are many sites that offer free dog house plans for large dogs; the plans come … Continue reading Dog House Plans for Large Dogs Pets have become an integral part of day-to-day lives of majority of people around the world. It is so much fun to have pets in the house but there are certain responsibilities that come with them. Pets need to be trained so that they do not become nuisance to you or your neighbors. However, there are certain activities that these pets do and it is very hard to stop them from doing such things. You may … Continue reading Dog Repellent for Grass You may be fascinated to know that people actually have hedgehogs as pets. In fact, there is quite a network of enthusiasts online. This is useful to know because there are many things you need to learn about looking after a hedgehog. Hedgehogs are found in Africa, New Zealand, Asia, Europe; although it was in New Zealand they were introduced. There are 16 species of the hedgehog. Most commonly domesticated hedgehogs are the African Pygmy Hedgehog. Other … Continue reading Pet Hedgehog – Part of a Cliché There are only a few odors that are worse than the smell of skunk spray. This defense mechanism for the black and white rodents leaves a lingering and sometimes lasting reminder of a scuffle with nature’s stinky creature. Many times, it is a poor puppy that has been on the receiving end of the skunk discharge. A poor curious dog, such as my little Yorkshire terrier, will get very sick from the spray of a polecat … Continue reading Dog Sprayed By Skunk Treatment Few things smell worse than cat urine. If you visit some people that keep cats, there is often a background odor in the house that the pet owner sometimes seems to have just got used to and do not notice. Hard to see how they do not notice. It is a simpler job when fresh, but old urine grows bacteria and they then in turn give off gases, and the smell never seems to go away. … Continue reading Cat Urine Odor Remover – Where Did My Friends Go Of course I can imagine your horror at the thought of training a dog to sit on a potty but do not panic it’s not that. (Watch this video) You can call it housebreaking or housetraining but it is also known as dog potty training. So now, you know you are not sitting your dog on a potty then prepare to have your patience tested to the maximum. Your life is going to change radically for about … Continue reading Dog Potty Training – Here We Go Are you having a hard time determining when to breed a dog in heat? You do not actually have to worry so much since it is easy to predict when to breed your dog, given the right kind of information. The most common prediction for the female dog to come into heat is typically at 6 months, and then for a regular interval of every 6 months thereafter. A word of caution though: Never breed your … Continue reading When to Breed a Dog in Heat Well as the expression goes “you will find yourself in the doghouse” you had better make sure you do a good job of building one, just in case you ever find yourself out there with Fido when you forget the anniversary, birthday or said the wrong thing. This article is intended to point you towards many guides and instructions to make your dog’s dream home. First thing you need to do is consider size and materials. Also make … Continue reading How to Build a Doghouse Nobody wants to see their dog having a seizure as it’s a fairly traumatic experience for both owner and dog. Just as you would for a human, place a pillow or other soft object under their head to protect from banging on the floor. If possible pad around him with blankets or any other soft objects in the vicinity just to avoid injury to the dog. Do not ever put your hand in the dog’s mouth as you … Continue reading Dog Seizures – How to deal with it |
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