Tuck has participated this week in a Search and Rescue Seminar, thus expanding his exposure to new skills. We have practiced many tracking/trailing scenarios, and he's done quite well. His point of weakness is that he needs stronger victim loyalty. He indicates articles strongly. But his...

Pet Owners in Rhode Island led by Jani Wolstenholme have initiated a legislative effort to change the state's 2 year rabies booster law to the national 3 year standard (see below). What You Can Do to Help: Contact your legislator and ask them to introduce a bill changing the 2 year booster...

There was a news article I read recently which told of the dangers of over the counter flea and tick medicines. Vets are supposedly seeing a large increase in the number of animals with liver and other problems due to these medicines and chemicals in the pet food. What medicines do you all think...

Hannah has something going on. she was on some very expensive doggy specific antibiotic (a large brown chewable tablet) for two weeks. the UTI came back almost immediately (testing positive for both white and red cells) so we put her on FOUR MORE weeks of said expensive drug. (on top of the other...

I have recently found this site where which I was also recommended by my friends that a guy called Mack Michaels is making $2,000,000 a year! www.maverickclubsecret.com I was highly skeptical until I looked up on his site and when he showed his videos and content I was blown away! Has anyone in...

Amazing, adventures of Tom Thumb is the world's smartets dog in the world, Whats your opinion on this, to read the article of this the link is http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1167704/The-adventures-Tom-Thumb-The-tiny-puppy-set-worlds-smallest-dog.html?ITO=1490

UNBELIEVABLE a three year old girl is raised by her dogs, lol goes to show the classic movie all dogs go to heaven is true if you know that movie, LOL, read this news, here is the...

Interesting something that I never knew I think that you ought to know yourself if you have a pet dog with you, the link is http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100233156&GT1=31036

I have found an very interesting story which they say that Russian scientists say that Moscow stray dogs became much smarter. its a story to be read So I highly recommend you check it out! http://englishrussia.com/?p=2462

Hey people, My name is Shaz Leghari and I will try my best to find resourceful information on caring dogs or some fun humor which I know you'll love.

My neighbor has just brought home 2 females, 9 weeks old, same litter, one smooth coat, the other wiry,. They're looking for name suggestions, any ideas would be welcome........Thanks, barry

ConsumerAffairs.com filed its Freedom of Information request for NUTRO records last year after we uncovered a worrisome trend among dogs and cats across the country. An analysis of our complaints revealed that scores of pets from California to South Carolina had experienced sudden and recurring...

Hi, I'm new. By way of introduction, I'm Jasi, and I have a five year old Chinese Shar-Pei named Musi. She's generally healthy except for some seasonal allergies (not food related). I'm curious whether anyone has any experience with feeding a dog a completely vegetarian diet. I've been veg...

A PET'S TEN COMMANDMENTS......... 1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. Any separation from you is likely to be painful. 2. Give me time to understand what you want of me 3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being. 4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as...

Ok, I've done some online research about tick collars, Frontline, BioSpot, etc. Good and bad for each. Some people swear by one thing and another person would not give it to their worst enemy. Basically, I have a Beagle/BostonTerrier mix and we like to hike alot of trails. He's gotten a Lyme...

Bella is strongly motivated by her resource guarding instincts. She does NOT like it if a certain black dog is on the bed with humans and she is not. Bella will be eight this summer, and in her entire life, she had only jumped up on the bed from one side. She has seen the black dog get up on...

I have a 15 y.o. husky mix. For about a month or so she's been peeing inside the house apparently unable to hold it till walking time and has been having intense thirst. The vet did a urine test and a water deprivation test that showed high microalbuminuria (38.5); the bloodwork shows high ALT...

Due to a recent sharp increase in the number of incidents being reported from the use of spot-on pesticide products for flea and tick control for pets, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is intensifying its evaluation of whether further restrictions on the use of these products are...

I have a Maltese Poodle, he's 9/10 years old The way i've been brushing his teeth is i have dog tooth paste (Chicken flavor) and I get medical gloves, put some tooth paste on my finger, open his mouth and do circle motions around the gums and teeth area I'm too afraid to actually use the tooth...

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