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Dog Communication: Are You Listening? – Part 3

Dog Communication: Are You Listening? – Part 3

Do you have the ability to understand what it is your dog is saying? Learning how these animals communicate is not only beneficial to proper training, it also helps tighten the bond between man’s best friend and his owner.

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Dog Communication: Are You Listening? – Part 2

Dog Communication: Are You Listening? – Part 2

Dogs, on the other hand, communicate in a very different way. Yes they bark and use their vocal cords to cry about something, but the number one way to read how a dog is feeling or what he wants you to know is by looking at his tail.

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Dog Communication: Are You Listening? – Part 1

Dog Communication: Are You Listening? – Part 1

Your dog, like pet dogs all over the world, uses body language and a variety of vocal sounds to communicate with his/her owner.

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City Dogs & Their Waste

City Dogs & Their Waste

Many urban areas are experiencing a new and profound concern with the increasing accumulations of dog litter in the city streets.

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Declaring War On Ticks – Part 3

Declaring War On Ticks – Part 3

Ticks are amazingly efficient at surviving almost any attack. The rate of propagation and resistance to insecticides is phenomenal to say the least. In heated kennels and homes, ticks breed all year round. When the weather is cold, they’ll withdraw to cracks and crevices to await warmer times. Since it takes twenty to thirty days [...]

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Declaring War On Ticks – Part 2

Declaring War On Ticks – Part 2

Once on a dog, a female tick buries her head beneath the skin tissues, extends her barbed “tongue” and is then clamped on tight. Once the head and barbed probe are beneath the skin, no amount of shaking or scratching by the dog will cause the tick to dislodge. The tick then feasts upon the [...]

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Declaring War On Ticks – Part 1

Declaring War On Ticks – Part 1

Each year as the warm weather approaches, dog owners should be increasingly apprehensive about the gluttonous, disease-carrying Rhipicephalus Sanquineus, better known as the tick. This dangerous creature can infect man with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, cause paralysis, and even kill dogs and puppies. These parasites are blamed for carrying the micro-organism that caused the death of [...]

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