Archive for November, 2008

Ignorance Of Nutrition Food Is Harmful For Your Pet’s Health

The proper dog food nutrition is key to the health of your dog so when choosing a food for your dog, choose carefully. There are three forms of commercial dog food. Canned food contains as much as 68%-78% water and includes color enhancers. Semi-moist contains color enhancers and lots of sugar. Both these types of [...]

Western Saddles Get It Right First Time

Western saddles are great looking and really comfortable as long as you get the right one. Western saddles are not cheap, you will struggle to find a well made quality saddle for under $500 so please don’t buy cheap, buy well.
Western saddles are American. Cheap imports will not cut it. A poorly made and, even [...]

Dog Training: Rewarding Your Dog – When & How Much?

Everyone, even your dog, needs to be rewarded for a job well done. You receive pay raiseshe receives a reward he really likes. The type of reward will vary depending on your dog’s personality. But whether it is playing with a ball or toy, treating him with food or petting and loving on him, he needs to know he is appreciated.

How to Train My Dog

I adopted my dog Rosie from a local shelter. I believe in adopting adult dogs from shelters instead of buying a puppy, but that choice can sometimes be a challenge, to say the least. She had been abused by her previous owners, so she came with some built-in behavior problems that needed to be addressed plus she had not been socialized at all.

Dog Safety – Keeping Your Dog Safe Outside

One of the first things you will notice about your newest little addition is that he or she is very curious about EVERYTHING! They want to explore and sniff and taste everything. The world around them is full of stimulii and excitement,however their world isn’t danger free! Puppies have to be outdoors. Just like with [...]