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Socializing your pets to one another — it’s all about trust.
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Top 10 Dog Gifts for this Holiday Season
The season of giving and gifting (and hopefully getting some in return) is on us. Make this year special for your best friend, your pet dog. Surprise him with a gift he’ll cherish. The look of love in his big brown eyes and that joyful wag of his tail will surely tell you how much he appreciates your gesture. Lest this sound like a sales pitch let me tell you I am serious. Our pets deserve something special every once in a while and what better time to get something nice for Rover than now.
Here are 10 great gift ideas for your dog
1. Booda velvet bones – Dogs love to chew bones and Booda velvet bones are just perfect for your dog. These are an excellent alternative to rawhide, rubber, plastic bones and bones that have animal byproducts in them. Booda bones are made from corn starch, they have a velvet texture. Dogs love to chew on these. It helps dogs fight plaque and maintain healthy gums. They are available in a range of flavors like Bacon, Chicken, Roast Beef, and Carrot.
2. Designer dog collars – If you’re looking for a useful yet different gift for your dog, you could consider giving him a customized, made-to-order collar. A personalized collar with metal buckles, it can be embroidered with information you desire. It effectively eliminates the need for metal dog tags and looks way cooler too. You can choose from eleven color combinations including camouflage. A great dog gift, these personalized dog collars are crafted from sturdy, washable, nylon webbing.
3. Dog dresses – A gift for those special occasions when your canine friend has to look his best. The latest designer duds for your pet. Let him strut in style in a coat when you take him for a walk or lounge at home in a cool t-shirt. Pamper your pooch with threads to suit every mood. Custom-made sleepwear, walking harnesses, dog sweaters, and even hair accessories can be gifted to your pet.
4. Dog beds – Gift your dog a comfortable night’s sleep i.e. if he is not a guard dog. Designer dog beds, wooden dog beds, and pet tents offer your dog a spacious sleeping area that is very much his own. These beds are excellent complements to your room’s décor and your fur kid is going to love your for it.
5. Grooming Fido – Choose from a range of dog grooming products; herbal ear care, herbal dog shampoos, nail clippers, paw cleaners, shedding blades, de-shedding combs, flea combs and much more. The assortment of grooming devices and cleaning liquids has something for every dog lover who wishes to keep his dog’s fur clean and nails trimmed.
6. A tipple for your dog – This might sound like it’s straight out of Ripley’s but Happy Tail Ale is actually beer for dogs. Marketed as the ultimate liquid refreshment for your canine, this product is non-alcoholic and made with artesian water and malted barley. The ingredients used in this beverage are human grade and include beef drippings, glucosamine, and vitamin E.
7. Footwear – Yes, let’s take “crazy pampering” a little further. There is a range of footwear out there that you can choose for your dog. Footwear to suit the size, personality, and temperament of your pet. Wild West boots, slippers, cozy boots, Mary Janes, Gingham boots and much more.
8. Let his attitude show – If your dog feels that a tee or a coat does not go well with his species; we suggest you gift him a bandana. He’ll love it. And you’ll love it too coz’ dogs with bandanas do look cool. Choose from a range of sizes and designs such as paisley, patriotic prints, holiday bandanas, seasonal bandanas, and many more.
9. Glares for your dog – Protective eyewear for your dog. Doggles are doggie goggles designed to protect your dog from foreign objects and wind. Ideal for your pet when he’s riding pillion on your bike. Doggles offer protection from UV rays and the lenses are shatterproof. A useful accessory at all times for your dog and even more so if your pet happens to suffer from Pannus.
10. A gift basket – A little bit of everything for your dog. Gift baskets are always in fashion and well received by humans; there’s every reason to believe that our canine companions will also appreciate a gift basket created specifically for them. Each wicker basket is unique and contains items such as a spa towel, soap on a rope, conditioner, a bag of treats and much more.
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Training Your Dog to Come
Come!
by Jenny Gill
A well trained obedient dog is something all dog owners desire. Training a dog to come when it is called is a vital, and potentially life saving, part of any successful dog training program.
All properly trained dogs must learn to respond instantly to the owner’s voice, and the sooner this lesson is learned the better.
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Socializing Your Dog
How to Socialize your Dog to other Family Pets
by Paul P. Duxbury
Socializing your dog to accept new animals into the household is not always an easy task. We all read the biblical account of Noah and his Ark and wondered just how he got the animals to survive in the ark together for five minutes let alone 40 days and nights of rain.
The dog usually has its own ideas of its territory and home and is generally not a generous creature when it come to sharing but would much rather chase the intruders away. We have to reprogram the dogs thinking to make it understand that chasing the cat or iguana or whatever other pet you may have, is not acceptable. So how about some instruction on just how it is done?
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How to Name Your Dog
How to Choose your New Puppy’s Name
by Bart LeToad
One of best things about buying a new puppy and owning a dog is the fun you can have with your family in choosing a name. If your pet dog is going to be just a family pet and you have no intentions of trying to train them to be a show dog. I personally like to stick with simple, one syllable names.
Your dog is going to learn several voice commands during its lifetime, and it’s always best to keep their names simple. For example, I personally have three dogs and their names are Norm, Bob and Gus. Now if you decide that your dog is going to be a show dog, there’s a little bit more to consider when choosing a name.
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Designer dogs – cool pets or expensive mutts?
What are puggles, labroodles and dorgis’? No, not characters from a Tolkien or a Harry Potter novel. These are designer dogs and the norm for naming them is to give them portmanteau names, i.e. a Daschund/Corgi combination gives you a dorgis.
Advocates of breeding designer dogs justify the idea saying that hybrids are carefully bred to display desired characteristics and weed out undesirable ones. Thus, if you are looking for a hybrid that sheds less and is gentle with kids, you would go for a cross obtained by pairing a poodle and a labrador. This, according to some, justifies the premium price that designer dogs attract.
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